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Understanding Sleep and Dreaming

Author : William H. Moorcroft
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387286985
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Sleep and Dreaming written by William H. Moorcroft and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-09-04 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed primarily as a text this volume is an up-to-date and integrated overview of physiological sleep mechanisms, brain function, psychological ramifications of sleep, dimensions of dreaming, and clinical disorders associated with sleep. It is accessibly written with specially boxed material that enhances the text. Authored by a researcher/clinician/professor with more than 25 years of experience in sleep studies, Understanding Sleep and Dreaming provides a solid basis for those who are not expert in this area. It offers a good foundation for those who will continue sleep studies, while at the same time offering enough information for those who will apply this knowledge in other ways such as clinicians in their individual practices or researchers for whom sleep may be part of a specific study. It is an excellent text for courses on sleep at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

When Brains Dream

Author : Antonio Zadra
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1324020296
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book When Brains Dream written by Antonio Zadra and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A truly comprehensive, scientifically rigorous and utterly fascinating account of when, how, and why we dream. Put simply, When Brains Dream is the essential guide to dreaming." —Matthew Walker, author of Why We Sleep Questions on the origins and meaning of dreams are as old as humankind, and as confounding and exciting today as when nineteenth-century scientists first attempted to unravel them. Why do we dream? Do dreams hold psychological meaning or are they merely the reflection of random brain activity? What purpose do dreams serve? When Brains Dream addresses these core questions about dreams while illuminating the most up-to-date science in the field. Written by two world-renowned sleep and dream researchers, it debunks common myths that we only dream in REM sleep, for example—while acknowledging the mysteries that persist around both the science and experience of dreaming. Antonio Zadra and Robert Stickgold bring together state-of-the-art neuroscientific ideas and findings to propose a new and innovative model of dream function called NEXTUP—Network Exploration to Understand Possibilities. By detailing this model’s workings, they help readers understand key features of several types of dreams, from prophetic dreams to nightmares and lucid dreams. When Brains Dream reveals recent discoveries about the sleeping brain and the many ways in which dreams are psychologically, and neurologically, meaningful experiences; explores a host of dream-related disorders; and explains how dreams can facilitate creativity and be a source of personal insight. Making an eloquent and engaging case for why the human brain needs to dream, When Brains Dream offers compelling answers to age-old questions about the mysteries of sleep.

Sleep and Dreaming

Author : Edward F. Pace-Schott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521008693
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Sleep and Dreaming written by Edward F. Pace-Schott and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-02-27 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five leading scientists present papers on the latest findings in sleep and dream research.

Dreaming

Author : J. Allan Hobson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192804822
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Dreaming written by J. Allan Hobson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on dreaming to explain the mechanisms of sleep and sleep laboratory science, this book explores how the new science of dreaming is affecting theories in psychoanalysis, and how it is helping our understanding of the causes of mental illness.

The Neuroscience of Sleep and Dreams

Author : Patrick McNamara
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009208853
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Neuroscience of Sleep and Dreams written by Patrick McNamara and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-13 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Neuroscience of Sleep and Dreams provides comprehensive coverage of the basic neuroscience of both sleep and dreams for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. It details new scientific discoveries, places those discoveries within evolutionary context, and links established findings with implications for sleep medicine. This second edition focuses on recent developments in the social nature of sleep and dreams. Coverage includes the neuroscience of all stages of sleep; the lifespan development of these sleep stages; the role of non-REM and REM sleep in health and mental health; comparative sleep; biological rhythms; sleep disorders; sleep memory; dream content; dream phenomenology, and dream functions. Students, scientists, and interested non-specialists will find this book accessible and informative.

Why We Sleep

Author : Matthew Walker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501144316
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Why We Sleep written by Matthew Walker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity ... An explosion of scientific discoveries in the last twenty years has shed new light on this fundamental aspect of our lives. Now ... neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker gives us a new understanding of the vital importance of sleep and dreaming"--Amazon.com.

The Twenty-four Hour Mind

Author : Rosalind D. Cartwright
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199896283
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book The Twenty-four Hour Mind written by Rosalind D. Cartwright and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Twenty-four Hour Mind, sleep researcher Rosalind Cartwright brings together decades of research into the bizarre sleep disorders known as 'parasomnias' to propose a new theory of how the human brain works consistently throughout waking and sleeping hours, based upon research showing that one of the primary purposes of sleep is to aid in regulating emotions and processing experiences that occur during waking hours.

Sleep and Dream Research

Author : Research and Education Association
Publisher : Research & Education Association
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Sleep and Dream Research written by Research and Education Association and published by Research & Education Association. This book was released on 1982 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Paradox of Sleep

Author : Michel Jouvet
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262600408
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Paradox of Sleep written by Michel Jouvet and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jouvet tells the story of a handful of neurobiologists, including himself, who pioneered sleep and dream research in the 1950s.

Dreaming Souls

Author : Owen Flanagan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019534958X
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Dreaming Souls written by Owen Flanagan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-05-17 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What, if anything, do dreams tell us about ourselves? What is the relationship between types of sleep and types of dreams? Does dreaming serve any purpose? Or are dreams simply meaningless mental noise--"unmusical fingers wandering over the piano keys"? With expertise in philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience, Owen Flanagan is uniquely qualified to answer these questions. And in Dreaming Souls he provides both an accessible survey of the latest research on sleep and dreams and a compelling new theory about the nature and function of dreaming. Flanagan argues that while sleep has a clear biological function and adaptive value, dreams are merely side effects, "free riders," irrelevant from an evolutionary point of view. But dreams are hardly unimportant. Indeed, Flanagan argues that dreams are self-expressive, the result of our need to find or to create meaning, even when we're sleeping. Rejecting Freud's theory of manifest and latent content--of repressed wishes appearing in disguised form--Flanagan shows how brainstem activity during sleep generates a jumbled profusion of memories, images, thoughts, emotions, and desires, which the cerebral cortex then attempts to shape into a more or less coherent story. Such dream-narratives range from the relatively mundane worries of non REM sleep to the fantastic confabulations of deep REM that resemble psychotic episodes in their strangeness. But however bizarre these narratives may be, they can shed light on our mental life, our well being, and our sense of self. Written with clarity, lively wit, and remarkable insight, Dreaming Souls offers a fascinating new way of apprehending one of the oldest mysteries of mental life.

Sleep, Dreaming & Sleep Disorders

Author : William H. Moorcroft
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 9780819192516
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Sleep, Dreaming & Sleep Disorders written by William H. Moorcroft and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 1993 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive review of sleep, dreaming, sleep disorders, and the functions of sleep and dreams. It is designed as a text for undergraduates in psychology, biology, nursing and related areas. The author discusses sleep under the headings of measurement, homeostatic, rhythmic, physiology, and sleep in animals. Dreaming is examined in the nature of dreams, dream theories, and dream interpretation.

The Neuropsychology of Sleep and Dreaming

Author : John S. Antrobus
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1134764332
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book The Neuropsychology of Sleep and Dreaming written by John S. Antrobus and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume describes how the conceptual and technical sophistication of contemporary cognitive and neuroscientific fields has enhanced the neurocognitive understanding of dreaming sleep. Because it is the only naturally-occurring state in which the active brain produces elaborate cognitive processes in the absence of sensory input, the study of dreaming offers a unique cognitive and neurophysiological view of the production of higher cognitive processes. The theory and research included is driven by the search for the most direct relationships linking the neurophysiological characteristics of sleepers to their concurrent cognitive experiences. The search is organized around three sets of theoretical models and the three classes of neurocognitive relationships upon which they are based. The contributions to this volume demonstrate that the field has begun to move in new directions opened up by the rapid advances in contemporary cognitive science, neuropsychology, and neurophysiology.

Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams

Author : Deirdre Barrett
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 : 0313386641
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams written by Deirdre Barrett and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This reference covers all of the major topics concerning dreaming and sleep, based on the latest empirical evidence from sleep research as well as drawn from a broad range of disciplinary contexts, including history, and anthropology"--Provided by publisher.

Stop Sleeping Through Your Dreams

Author : Charles McPhee
Publisher : Henry Holt & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780805025002
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Stop Sleeping Through Your Dreams written by Charles McPhee and published by Henry Holt & Company. This book was released on 1995 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the art of lucid dreaming discusses the techniques of becoming a conscious participant in one's dreams, the mechanics of sleep, and dream analysis and interpretation

The Neuroscience of Sleep

Author : Robert Stickgold
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 9780123757227
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book The Neuroscience of Sleep written by Robert Stickgold and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2010-05-22 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sleep is the natural state of bodily rest, common to all mammals and birds and also seen in many reptiles, amphibians and fish. For most species, regular sleep is essential for survival, yet the specific purposes of sleep are still only partly clear and are the subject of intense research. This volume is comprised of the editors’ selection of the most relevant articles on sleep from the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, resulting in the first comprehensive collection of introductory articles on the neuroscience of sleep. Articles explore sleep’s impact on neural functioning, sleep disorders, the relation between sleep and other clinical disorders, a look at sleep from a developmental perspective, and more. * Chapters offer impressive scope with topics addressing neural functioning, disorders, development, and more, carefully selected by one of the most preeminent sleep researchers * Richly illustrated in full color with over 100 figures * Contributors represent the most outstanding scholarship in the field, with each chapter providing fully vetted and reliable expert knowledge

Sleep and Dreams

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : SteinerBooks
ISBN 13 : 9780880105125
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Sleep and Dreams written by Rudolf Steiner and published by SteinerBooks. This book was released on 2003 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are Dreams? Every age, every culture, perhaps every person, have different answers. We can at least agree on one thing, however: dreams are other. Their presence in our lives demonstrates that we are not limited to a single mode of consciousness. The world of sleep is largely a blank for us, an abyss of non-consciousness, yawning between one day and the next, but the very fact that we can dream announces our potential for awareness within that abyss. We spend a third of our life asleep--a fact that dream theorists rarely consider. This startling collection of lectures by Rudolf Steiner, selected and introduced by the psychologist Michael Lipson, provides a truly unique way of approaching dreams, based on an understanding of the spiritual nature of human beings. A radically new view of dreams "as the threshold to spiritual reality" arises, once we acknowledge that physical existence is only the tip of an iceberg hidden largely in the spiritual world. Sleep, death, and meditation are the three realms in which consciousness has the opportunity to deepen its immersion in the divine flow of existence. In principle, we can become infinitely more self-aware in each of them, since human consciousness is not fixed--neither in contents nor in terms of alertness. All day long, the contents of our consciousness change, and during the night, the level changes. These lectures permit readers to glimpse the fantastic depths of experience we normally "sleep through" and to contemplate Steiner's astounding program: to maintain self-aware consciousness through sleep, through death, through all being. Contents: The Secrets of Sleep Sleep and the Three-Part Soul Sleep and the World of the Stars Understanding Sleep through Imagination, Inspiration, and Intuition An Active Spirit: Dreams and the Spiritual Researcher Our inner Undercurrent: A Continual Dreaming Preparing for a New Birth Dreaming and the Etheric Body Inspiration: Bringing the Unconscious to Consciousness Confronting the Totality of Our Lives through Dreams The Logic and Illogic of Dreams Dreams and Human Development Interpreting Dreams Dreams: The Human Essence in Spiritual Connection

Lucid Dreaming

Author : Celia and McCreery Green
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317799100
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Lucid Dreaming written by Celia and McCreery Green and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucid dreams are dreams in which a person becomes aware that they are dreaming. They are different from ordinary dreams, not just because of the dreamer's awareness that they are dreaming, but because lucid dreams are often strikingly realistic and may be emotionally charged to the point of elation. Celia Green and Charles McCreery have written a unique introduction to lucid dreams that will appeal to the specialist and general reader alike. The authors explore the experience of lucid dreaming, relate it to other experiences such as out-of-the-body experiences (to which they see it as closely related) and apparitions, and look at how lucid dreams can be induced and controlled. They explore their use for therapeutic purposes such as counteracting nightmares. Their study is illustrated throughout with many case histories.