What do dreams do? / Sue Llewellyn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Llewellyn, Sue, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dream interpretation.

Dreams--Physiological aspects.

Dreams.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

We have puzzled over dreams for centuries. From ancient societies believing dreams to be messages from the gods, Freud's theory of dreams revealing our unconscious minds to modern day experiments in psychology and neuroscience, dreams continue to fascinate but also be a source of mystery. Are dreams just mental froth or do they have a purpose? This book argues that, originally, we dreamed to survive. Dreaming brains identify non-obvious associations, taking people, places, and events out of their waking-life context to uncover complex and, seemingly, unrelated connections. In our evolutionary past, survival depended on being able to detect these divergent, associative patterns to anticipate what predators and other humans might do, as we moved around to secure food and water and meet potential mates. Making associations drives many, if not all, brain functions.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2020.

Print publication date: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

0-19-255090-X

0-19-189481-8

0-19-255089-6

OCLC:

1201259071