Dreaming: a Very Short Introduction
ISBN-10: 0192802151
ISBN-13: 9780192802156
$11.95
Book Specs
Binding
UK-Trade Paper
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published on
Jun 4, 2011
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
6.80x0.50x4.30 Inches
Weight
0.34 Pounds
About the Book
What is dreaming, and what causes it? Why are dreams so strange and why are they so hard to remember? 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 explainthe 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 inour dreams in order to avoid doing so when we are awake, and why sleep is not just good for health but essential for life.