Annotated Bibliography
Amlaner, Charles J., Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, and National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute. Sleep, Sleep Disorders, and Biological Rhythms. Colorado Springs, CO: BSCS, 2003. NIH Curriculum Supplement Ser.. Grades 9-12. Web.
This link offers good information on the sleep cycle and on why sleep is important to the human body. Developing a good understanding of the process a human undergoes while sleeping can lead to a person having a much better sleep. Furthermore, this link helps to discover and define causes of sleep deprivation.
Gehrman, Philip R. “Sleep.” Encyclopedia of Lifestyle Medicine and Health. JamesM. Rippe. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2012. Credo Reference. Web. 23 Nov. 2015.
This website offers a new perspective on why sleep is important and examines it under the light of being a health habit. Comparing sleep to brushing your teeth or taking showers, the website makes a claim that sleep is a hygienic matter. The same way you brush your teeth a sufficient amount of times in a lifespan, you should be sleeping a sufficient amount. Through the treatment of sleep as a hygienic matter, sleep becomes a lot easier to find time for in a busy schedule.
Garcia, Gillian M. The Anticipated Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Feelings, Activity Level and Common Daily Behavior. 1998. Print. Thesis (Bernard M. Baruch College) ; 2001.
This book serves to identify the relationship between sleep deprivation and stress. An experiment was conducted in which the stress levels of sleep deprived and sleep sufficient people were examined. As a result, people that had not undergone a sufficient amount of sleep were more susceptible to stress. The book also identifies other specific emotions that are enhanced by a lack of sleep. By identifying what emotions in a person are amplified by a lack of sleep, the emotional responses a person emits can be controlled and the effects of sleep deprivation can be minimized.
Preedy, Victor R., Patel, Vinood B, and Hunter, Lan-Anh. Handbook of Nutrition, Diet and Sleep. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic, 2013. Print. Human Health Handbooks ; 3.
In this book, a correlation between nutrition and sleep is examined. Experiments are conducted to show how maintaining a good diet and good nutrition leads to a better sleep at night. Furthermore, this book establishes how various health issues impact each other.
Judd, Sandra J., and Gale Group. Sleep Disorders Sourcebook Basic Consumer Health Information about Sleep Disorders, including Insomnia, Sleep Apnea and Snoring, Jet Lag and Other Circadian Rhythm Disorders, Narcolepsy, and Parasomnias, Such as Sleepwalking and Sleep Paralysis, and Featuring Facts about Other Health Problems That Affect Sleep, Why Sleep Is Necessary, How Much Sleep Is Needed, the Physical and Mental Effects of Sleep Deprivation, and Pediatric Sleep Issues : Along with Tips for Diagnosing and Treating Sleep Disorders, a Glossary of Related Terms, and a List of Resources for Additional Help and Information. 3rd ed. Detroit, Mich.: Omnigraphics, 2010. Print. Gale Virtual Reference Library.
This book offers almost every piece of essential information pertaining to sleep. First establishing a general idea of what sleep is and then targeting specifics such as how much sleep your body needs, this book enables the reader to learn about sleep and then how to what they’ve learned to their own lives.
“Sleep Deprivation and Its Weird Effects on the Mind and Body.” YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2015.
This video from YouTube serves to identify the effects sleep deprivation has on the human body. On top of drawing good analogies about sleep deprivation to make it simpler to understand, the video offers a lot of empirical evidence and solid facts from experiments and studies.
“Effect+of+sleep+deprivation+on+the+human+bodyt – Google Search.”Effect+of+sleep+deprivation+on+the+human+bodyt – Google Search. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2015.
The picture from this link takes information on the website about sleep deprivation and presents it in the form of a diagram. This enables the viewer of the website to view the same piece of information presented in a different form. Furthermore, having a comprehensive video and a brief diagram to summarize the key points allows the viewers to easily grasp concepts.
“Why Your Brain Needs Sleep.” YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2015.
The video from this link narrows in on the effects of sleep deprivation and examines how a lack of sleep affects just your brain. While much of the website established what the effects of sleep deprivation are, this video emphasizes what happens to your brain in order to produce those results. Moreover, it is important to develop a good understanding of how sleep deprivation affects the body not only physically, but neurologically as well.
“What+can+a+good+sleep+do+for+you – Google Search.” What+can+a+good+sleep+do+for+you – Google Search. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2015.
The picture from this website offers many outcomes of getting a good night’s worth of sleep. The benefits of a sufficient sleep serve as incentive for people to work on becoming less sleep deprived. Through the identification of sleep benefits, people can assess whether or not they are experiencing a lack of sleep.