
Dreaming
An Introduction to the Science of Sleep
J. Allan Hobson(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 23. October 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
180 pages
978-0-19-280482-2 (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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
This is for the general reader interested in this fascinating subject. It is also for those studying and involved in the research of sleep, neurophysiology, the brain, and mental illness.
Illustrations
num. line ill.
25 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
247 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-280482-2 (9780192804822)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
J. ALLAN HOBSON, Director of the Neurophysiology and Sleep Laboratory and Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
Content
1. What is dreaming?; 2. Why dream content analysis failed to become a science; 3. How is the brain activated in sleep?; 4. 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 interpretation of dreams; Conclusion