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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextOriginal language: English Publication details: New York, NY : W. W.Norton & Company, 2021.Description: xi, 321 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm.ISBN:
  • 9781324020295
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RA786 .Z33 2021
Contents:
Thinking about dreams — Grasping at dreams — Freud discovered the secret of dreams — The birth of a new science of dreaming — Sleep—just a cure for sleepiness? == Do dogs dream? — Why we dream — Nextup — The Mischievous content of dreams — What do we dream about? And why? — Dreams and inner creativity —Working with dreams — Things that go bump in the night — Conscious mind, sleeping brain — Telepathic and Precognitive dreams — What we know, what we don't know.
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.
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Book TBS Barcelona Libre acceso RA786 ZAD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available B05293

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thinking about dreams — Grasping at dreams — Freud discovered the secret of dreams — The birth of a new science of dreaming — Sleep—just a cure for sleepiness? == Do dogs dream? — Why we dream — Nextup — The Mischievous content of dreams — What do we dream about? And why? — Dreams and inner creativity —Working with dreams — Things that go bump in the night — Conscious mind, sleeping brain — Telepathic and Precognitive dreams — What we know, what we don't know.

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.

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