Dreaming : a very short introduction.
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : J Allan Hobson
- ناشر : Oxford : Oxford University Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2005
- شابک / ISBN : 9780192802156
Description
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.
What is dreaming and what causes it? Why are dreams so strange and often hard to remember? Modern science has given us a new and increasingly clear picture of how dreaming is created by the brain. This book introduces sleep laboratory science, and explores how the science of dreaming impacts our understanding of psychoanalysis and mental illness.
