When brains dream : exploring the science and mystery of sleep / Antonio Zadra and Robert Stickgold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zadra, Antonio, author.

Stickgold, R. (Robert), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sleep--Research.

Sleep.

Sleep disorders.

Physical Description:

xi, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

regular print

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : W. W.Norton & Company, [2021]

Summary:

"A comprehensive exploration of what dreams are, where they come from, what they mean, and why we have them. Questions on the origins and meaning of dreams are as old as humankind, and persist to this day to excite and confound us. When Brains Dream addresses the 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 many myths about dreams while acknowledging the mysteries that continue to surround both the science and experience of dreaming. What's more, by bringing together state-of-the-art neuroscientific ideas and findings, Zadra and Stickgold 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-and explain everything from how dreams can facilitate creativity to why they can be a source of personal insight"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Thinking About Dreams

ch. 2 Grasping at Dreams Early Explorers of the Dream World

ch. 3 Freud Discovered the Secret of Dreams or So He Thought

ch. 4 The Birth of a New Science of Dreaming Opening Windows onto the Sleeping Mind

ch. 5 Sleep

-Just a Cure for Sleepiness?

ch. 6 Do Dogs Dream?

ch. 7 Why We Dream

ch. 8 Nextup

ch. 9 The Mischievous Content of Dreams

ch. 10 What Do We Dream About? and Why?

ch. 11 Dreams and Inner Creativity

ch. 12 Working With Dreams Ideas, Methods, and Caveats

ch. 13 Things that Go Bump in the Night Ptsd, Nightmares, and Other Dream-Related Disorders

ch. 14 Conscious Mind, Sleeping Brain The Art and Science of Lucid Dreaming

ch. 15 Telepathic and Precognitive Dreams or Why You May Have Already Dreamt of This Chapter

Epilogue: WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT WE DON'T KNOW

What We Might Never Know, and Why It All Matters.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-301) and index.

ISBN:

9781324002833

1324002832

OCLC:

1155084387