Dreaming
An introduction to the science of sleep
Published on 1. December 2002
Book
Hardback
180 pages
978-0-19-280304-7 (ISBN)
Description
What is dreaming? What causes dreaming? Why are dreams so strange and why are they so hard to remember? Modern science has given us a new and increasingly clear and complete picture of how dreaming is created by the brain.This picture is important not only for understanding dreaming itself, but also for a science of consciousness and of mental health and illness. This book focuses on dreaming to introduce the reader to sleep laboratory science and to the cellular and molecular mechanisms of sleep. It shows how the new science of dreaming affects theories in psychoanalysis, and how it helps to understand the basis of mental illness.
Reviews / Votes
Looks at the new scientific facts about dreaming and possible answers to long-held questions about the activation, function, and interpretation of dreams and it relates the science of dreaming and sleep to their interpretation in history and in psychoanalysis.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Illustrations
num. line drawings
numerous line drawings
ISBN-13
978-0-19-280304-7 (9780192803047)
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Content
1. What is dreaming?; 2. Why dream content analysis failed to become a science; 3. Brain activation in sleep; 4. The cells and molecules of the dreaming brain; 5. Why dream? The functions of brain activation in sleep; 6. Disorders of dreaming; 7. Dreaming as delirium: Sleep and mental illness; 8. The new neuropsychology of dreaming; 9. Dreaming, learning, and memory; 10. Dream consciousness; 11. The interpretaion of dreaming