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'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 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 re

Who reads The Nocturnal Brain : Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep?

Author

Guy Leschziner

Publisher

Simon & Schuster UK

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781471176364

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Medical, Neuroscience

Rating

4.6 / 5 (532 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14