The Science and Art of Dreaming

ISBN-13: 9780367479961 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 240 str.

Julia Lockheart

Opis

This book is an innovative text that reviews the neuroscience and psychology of how dreams are produced, how they are recalled, their relationship to waking life events and concerns of the dreamer, and features beautiful original artwork based on dream representations.

Spis treści

1. What are Dreams and What Affects Dream Content? 2. Why do Some People Recall Dreams More than Others? 3. Nightmares. 4. Sleep. 5. Sleep and Memory. 6. Dreaming and the Brain. 7. Lucid Dreams. 8. Freud, Psychoanalysis and Dreams. 9. Freud and Dora. 10. How to Find Meaning in Dreams: the Montague Ullman Dream Appreciation Technique. 11. Dreaming and Insight. 12. Functions and Theories of Dreams. 13. Dream-Sharing and Empathy, a New Theory of Dream Function. 14. The DreamsID Science and Art Collaboration: Surrealism and the Socialising of Dreams. 15. Sleep and Dreaming During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Exploring and Painting Covid-19 and Lockdown Dreams. 16. Dreaming, Films and Surrealism. 17. Dream-Sharing, Evolution and Human Self-Domestication. 18. Conclusions and Summary. 19. References.