Sleep and Dreaming
3rd Edition
Will be published approx. on 4. December 2001
Book
Hardback
XIII, 254 pages
978-0-333-94764-7 (ISBN)
Description
Everyone sleeps and everyone dreams. Yet we are almost entirely unconscious of what is happening to us when we sleep and we forget almost all of our dreams.
This third edition of a classic introduction to the subject provides a fascinating insight into this most universal of subjects, critically analysing recent research by psychologists and neuroscientists (much of which has been published in the last ten years) and reviewing historical and cultural beliefs about dreams. Sleep and Dreaming thus acts as both a comprehensive and a rigorous text for students and a rewarding and engaging introduction to the field for the interested lay reader. This new edition contains much new material, particularly on the physiology of sleep, and also a new chapter by Professor Michael Wang on the psychological treatment of insomnia.
This third edition of a classic introduction to the subject provides a fascinating insight into this most universal of subjects, critically analysing recent research by psychologists and neuroscientists (much of which has been published in the last ten years) and reviewing historical and cultural beliefs about dreams. Sleep and Dreaming thus acts as both a comprehensive and a rigorous text for students and a rewarding and engaging introduction to the field for the interested lay reader. This new edition contains much new material, particularly on the physiology of sleep, and also a new chapter by Professor Michael Wang on the psychological treatment of insomnia.
Reviews / Votes
Reviews of Previous editions: 'This book is as good an introduction to the wide scope of sleep and sleep research as one could wish to find. Can be recommended to all who wish to gain an initial introduction to the subject of sleep.' - Colin Shapiro, Times Higher Educational Supplement 'Empson's book is well written, the best of its kind, and one that deserves to be widely bought.' - Ian Oswald, Nature 'This excellent book... provides a range of information which would be of interest to and accessible to anyone with no specific knowledge about sleep and dreams, and yet manages to include sufficient literary and scientific information so that even seasoned sleep researchers will find interesting nuggets and unusual insights.' - British Journal of PsychiatryMore details
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Jacob Empson
Sleep and Dreaming
Book
12/2001
3rd Edition
Red Globe Press
€63.10
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Person
DR JACOB EMPSON is Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Clinical Psychology at the University of Hull. He is the author of Human Brainwaves (Macmillan, 1986) and many academic papers on sleep, biological rhythms and human factors.
Content
Section 1: The Context of Sleep Research.- The Obvious: Beliefs about Sleep and Dreaming.- Studying Sleep in the Laboratory.- The Physiology of Sleep.- Section 2: The Experience of Sleep.- The Dreams of REM Sleep.- The Quality of Sleeping Experience.- What is a Dream?.- Section 3: Psychophysiology of Sleep.- Sleep Disturbance.- The Psychology of Sleep.- Determinant of Sleep quality.- The Sleep of Animals.- The Evolution and Functions of Sleep.- Section 4: Problems with Sleep.- Adult Sleep Disorders.- Children's Sleep Problems.