Evolution of Sleep

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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankEvolutionofSleepResearchduringthepasttwodecadeshasproducedmajoradvancesinunder-standingsleepwithinparticularspecies.Simultaneously,newanalyticalmethodsprovidethetoolstoinvestigatequestionsconcerningtheevolutionofdistinctiv

2、esleepstatecharacteristicsandfunctions.Thisbooksynthesizesrecentadvancesinourunderstandingoftheevolutionaryoriginsofsleepanditsadaptivefunction,anditlaysthegroundworkforfutureevolutionaryresearchbyassessingsleeppatternsinthemajoranimallineages.DR.PATRI

3、CKMCNAMARAisanAssociateProfessorofNeurologyatBostonUni-versitySchoolofMedicineandVeteransAdministration(VA)BostonHealthcareSystem.HeisbasedintheDepartmentofNeurologyatBostonUniversitySchoolofMedicine.HeisthedirectoroftheEvolutionaryNeurobehaviorLaborat

4、oryandwasawardedaNationalInstitutesofHealth(NIH)granttostudythephylogenyofsleep.Dr.McNamaraistherecipientofaVeteransAffairsMeritReviewAwardforthestudyofParkinson’sdiseaseandseveralNIHawardsforthestudyofsleepmechanisms.HeisalsotheauthorofMindandVariabil

5、ity:MentalDarwinism,MemoryandSelf;AnEvolutionaryPsychologyofSleepandDreams;andNightmares:TheScienceandSolutionofThoseFrighteningVisionsDuringSleep.DR.ROBERTA.BARTONisaProfessoratDurhamUniversityandDirectoroftheEvolutionaryAnthropologyResearchGroup.Heha

6、spublishednumerouspapersonthetopicofbrainevolution,and,inadditiontoanNIH-fundedprojectonthephylogenyofsleep,hehascollaboratedwithDr.CharlesL.Nunnontheapplica-tionofcomparativemethodstoquestionsinmammalianbiologyandphysiology.DR.CHARLESL.NUNNisanAssocia

7、teProfessorintheDepartmentofAnthropol-ogyatHarvardUniversity.Dr.NunncompletedhisPh.D.atDukeUniversityinbiologicalanthropologyandanatomy,andheconductedpostdoctoralresearchonprimatediseaseecologyattheUniversityofVirginiaandUniversityofCali-forniaDavis.He

8、hashadacademicappointmentsintheUnitedStates(UniversityofCaliforniaBerkeley)andGermany(TheMaxPlanckInstituteforEvolutionaryAnthropology).HeisanauthorofInfectiousDiseasesinPrimates:Behavior,Ecology,andEvolution,andhiscurrentresearchfocuse