Nodding Off

Alice Gregory is a highly respected expert on sleep throughout development. She has been researching sleep for more than a decade and has published more than 100 articles on this and associated topics. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Oxford, her PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, and is currently a Professor at Goldsmiths, University of London. Alice collaborates widely with other sleep experts throughout the world, and has the latest research on sleep at her fingertips. She excels in the public communication of science, contributing regularly to BBC Focus Magazine. Her articles for The Conversation website have been republished in numerous international outlets, include Sud Ouest, The Independent and the Daily Mail, and Alice has also published pieces in the Guardian.

• Note from the AuthorPrologueChapter 1: Sleep 101Chapter 2: Sleeping Like a Baby: Sleep in the First Years of LifeChapter 3: Preschool and School-Aged Children: The Rainbow of Sleep ProblemsChapter 4: Laaazzzy? Adolescents’ Sleep Chapter 5: Sleep in Youth: Sleep, Atypical Development and Mental HealthChapter 6: Becoming an Adult: A Sleep a Day Helps Us Work, Rest and PlayChapter 7: Sleep During the Rush-Hour Years of Our LivesChapter 8: It’s a Long Hard Night: The Sleep of Older AdultsChapter 9: A Ticket to the Land of Nod: Tips to Get Your Best Sleep and Make Dreams Come TrueReferencesAcknowledgementsIndex

While extolling the virtues of sleep and its fundamental importance to our health, Gregory reveals some interesting tidbits.