tailieunhanh - Dreaming - An Introduction to the Science of Sleep

Dreaming has fascinated humankind since the dawn of recorded history. As dreaming is so vivid, so complex, and so emotional , it has inspired religious movements , artistic representations, and introspective scientific theories. All of these pre-modern expressions have been based on the idea that dreams contain messages that cannot be delivered in any other way. Thus, i t was thought by the early Judaeo-Christians that God communicated his intentions via certain prophets to his human subjects. This concept was the centrepiece of medieval dream theory with its postulates of the 'Gates of Horn and Ivory' . Religious reformers such. | Dreaming An introduction to the science of sleep J. Allan Hobson Do we dream in black and white or colour Can the blind see in their sleep Why are dreams so bizarre What is the purpose of dreaming Replacing dream mystique with modern dream science J. Allan Hobson provides a new and increasingly complete picture of how dreaming is created by the brain. Focusing on dreaming to explain the mechanisms of sleep this book explores how the new science of dreaming is affecting theories in psychoanalysis and how it is helping our understanding of the causes of mental illness. J. Allan Hobson investigates his own dreams to illustrate and explain some of the fascinating discoveries of modern sleep science while challenging some of the traditionally accepted theories about the meaning of dreams. He reveals how dreaming maintains and develops the mind why we go crazy in our dreams in order to avoid doing so when we are awake and why sleep is not just good for health but essential to life. for the excitement of science at the frontiers of consciousness theory and research Allan Hobson s book is warmly recommended. Times Literary Supplement an enlightening book that will provide much food for thought in anyone who reads it. Good Book Guide a cool outline of modern knowledge about dreams New Scientist OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Design Simon Levy Cover photograph Barnaby Hall Photonica Dreaming An Introduction to the Science of Sleep J. Allan Hobson is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School Boston Massachusetts. He was the recipient of the Distinguished Scientist Award of the Sleep Research Society in 1988. His major research interests are the neurophysiological basis of the mind and behaviour sleep and dreaming and the history of neurology and psychiatry with his most recent work focussing on the cognitive features and benefits of sleep. He is the author or co-author of many books including The Dreaming Brain 198 8 Sleep 1995 Consciousness 1999 .