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The Nocturnal Brain
- Tales of Nightmares and Neuroscience
- Narrated by: Dr Guy Leschziner
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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Publisher's summary
For Guy Leschziner's patients, there is no rest for the weary in mind and body. Insomnia, narcolepsy, night terrors, apnoea and sleepwalking are just a sample of the conditions afflicting sufferers who cannot sleep – and their experiences in trying to are the stuff of nightmares. Demonaic hallucinations frighten people into paralysis. Restless legs rock both the sleepless and their sleeping partners with unpredictable and uncontrollable kicking. Out-of-sync circadian rhythms confuse the natural body clock's days and nights.
Then there are the extreme cases. A woman in a state of deep sleep who gets dressed, unlocks her car and drives for several miles before returning to bed. The man who has spent decades cleaning out kitchens while 'sleep-eating'. The teenager prone to the serious, yet unfortunately nicknamed, Sleeping Beauty Syndrome, stuck in a cycle of excessive unconsciousness, binge eating and uncharacteristic displays of aggression and hypersexuality while awake.
With compassionate stories of his patients and their conditions, Leschziner illustrates the neuroscience behind our sleeping minds, revealing the many biological and psychological factors necessary in getting the rest that will not only maintain our physical and mental health, but also improve our cognitive abilities and overall happiness.
Critic reviews
"With my job on Today, I have become obsessed with sleep. The Nocturnal Brain interweaves bizarre real life stories with cutting edge neurological science in the true tradition of Oliver Sacks. A fascinating read." (Martha Kearney, BBC Radio 4)
"Casebooks of neurological disorders are often strange and wonderful, but this one is special." (Sunday Times)
"The Nocturnal Brain will not promise to cure your insomnia, but it does make for an entertaining and thought-provoking bedtime read." (The Guardian)
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- 04-20-21
I recommend this book to all psychotherapists
This is a wonderful book. Reading it helped me understand better the neuroscience underlying sleep. The patients' stories encouraged me to think about the neurological foundation of sleep disorders and go beyond the "face value" of sleep challenges encountered by patients who seek psychotherapy for various mental health problems.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-07-22
Wish I didn’t buy it
Lots of boring stories, very little information. I enjoyed the author’s voice though. I was hoping for more information on the brain’s workings at night, but can’t be bothered to listen to the whole book.
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