Dreaming : a very short introduction
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, the cellular and molecular mechanisms of sleep, and explores how the science of dreaming impacts our understanding of psychoanalysis and mental illness. - ;What is dreaming, and what causes it? Why are dreams so strange and why are they so hard to remember? Replacing dream mystique with modern dream science, J. Allan Hobson provides a new and increasingl
1 online resource (153 pages) : illustrations
9780191516559, 9780191577604, 9780192802156, 9786610752546, 0191516554, 019157760X, 0192802151, 6610752540
94490228
Contents; Acknowledgements; List of figures; Introduction; 1 What is dreaming?; 2 Why did the analysis of dream content fail 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; Index
Originally published as: Dreaming : an introduction to the science of sleep, 2002
Includes index