Sleep and Dreams: A Sourcebook

ISBN-13: 9781138232792 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 408 str.

Jayne Gackenbach

Opis

Originally published in 1986, this book gives the reader a basic grounding in what we know about the sleep state and then details sleep mentation or dreaming.

Spis treści

Introduction.  Part 1: Sleep  1. An Overview of Sleep  2. An Overview of the Body and the Brain in Sleep  3. Neuroanatomical, Neurophysiological, and Biochemical Aspects of Sleep: An Historical Perspective  4. Insomnia   Part 2: Dreams  Section A: Basic Dream Processes  5. On the Single-Mindedness and Isolation of Dream Psychophysiology  6. Recalling Dreams: An Examination of Daily Variation and Individual Differences  7. Effects of Presleep and During Sleep Stimuli on the Content of Dreams  Section B. Cognitively Based Theoretical Considerations of Dreaming  8. Dreams and Self-Knowledge  9. Toward a Cognitive Psychology of Dreams  10. Transcendental Consciousness: A Fourth State of Consciousness Beyond Sleep, Dreaming, and Waking  Section C: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Dreaming  11. Ethnographic Considerations of the Cross Cultural Study of Dreams  12. Dreams and Literature: A Reader’s Guide.  Author Index.  Subject Index

O autorze

Jayne Gackenbach