Chapter 9 Links-Sleep and Biological Rhythms
Sleep TutorialThis NIH site provides a simple description of issues in sleep. Memory and Sleep
This site provides an advanced discussion of the links between memory processing and paradoxical sleep. Lucid Dreaming
This site purports to offer instruction to students as how to guide their dreams. Sleep Paralysis Page
This site provides students with access to an online questionnaire on sleep paralysis. American Sleep Disorders Association:
This site is divided into a professional area and a general public area. The latter provides a collection of links on sleep and sleep disorders. New Abstracts and Papers In Sleep:
This site provides a searchable archive for papers and abstracts relating to sleep. Shuteye Online
Online site created by the Searle Company to provide a resource on sleep disorders. The links at this site allow a student to test their sleep knowledge, to analyze their sleep habits, to retrieve sleep aid information, and to access other Internet resources on sleep. SleepNet
This site provides a comprehensive treatment of sleep disorders. A variety of links are provided to give students access to on-line tests of sleep disorder with rapid feedback. The site also provides links to sites dealing with dreaming, sleep deprivation, and sleep research laboratories. Circadian Technologies
This commercial site provides tutorials on circadian rhythms, sleep, sleep disorders, and shift-work. Students can take an on-line test to determine their circadian pattern (the so-called owl-lark test). Sleep, Dreams, and Wakefulness
This site is the home page for Dr. Michel Jouvet's sleep laboratory. The site includes articles (some English, many French) dealing with sleep topics such as genetic aspects of sleep, dreaming, the sleep-waking cycle, coma, and books on sleep. Students and faculty can view a variety of sleep slides created by Jouvet's research group. The site includes a sleep "chat" room, a sleep bibliography containing over 12,000 references, and a search engine for sleep links on the Internet. The Sleep Well
The aim of this site is to provide basic information on sleep and sleep disorders with links to sleep societies, associations, and support groups. Sleep Medicine Home Page
This comprehensive site on sleep offers links to newsgroups on sleep, sleep journals, sleep disorders, drugs and transmitters that influence sleep, and sleep research sites. Simmons Sleep Test
This site provides an on-line self-test of sleep pathology. Biotiming Tutorial
A tutorial on biological rhythms that provides historical background on biological clocks, types of rhythms, the sleep-wake cycle, and some in class demonstrations of biological rhythms.