The paradox of sleep : the story of dreaming / Michel Jouvet ; translated by Laurence Garey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jouvet, Michel.

Standardized Title:

Sommeil et le rêve. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Dreams.

Sleep.

Physical Description:

xiii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1999]

Summary:

Michel Jouvet, perhaps the world's leading researcher on sleep and dream research, is considered responsible for the discovery of paradoxical sleep -- a "new" third state of the brain as different from normal sleep as sleep is from waking. In The Paradox of Sleep, Jouvet takes the reader on a scientific and sociological tour of the history of sleep and dream research, concluding with his own ideas on the function of dreaming.

Jouvet tells the story of a handful of neurobiologists, including himself, who pioneered sleep and dream research in the 1950s. He describes the technical and ideological obstacles they faced and opens his own laboratory to the reader, explaining anatomical, biochemical, and even genetic techniques. He also touches on psychological, philosophical, and metaphysical aspects of sleep and dreaming.

Contents:

1 In the Labyrinth of Sleep 1

2 The Natural History of Dreaming 27

3 Dream Memories 61

4 Oneiric Behavior 81

5 Sleep, the Other Side of the Spirit 97

6 The Functions of Dreaming 111

7 Is Paradoxical Sleep the Guardian of Psychological Individuality? 135

8 Forty Years of Dream Research, or The Collapse of Paradigms 159.

Notes:

"A Bradford book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-196) and index.

ISBN:

0262100800

OCLC:

40395483