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Sleep and Dreaming: Scientific Advances and Reconsiderations
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Sleep and Dreaming: Scientific Advances and Reconsiderations
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Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Edward F. Pace-Schott
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Edited by Mark Solms
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Edited by Mark Blagrove
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Edited by Stevan Harnad
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:376 | Dimensions(mm): Height 220,Width 277 |
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Category/Genre | Neurosciences |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780521008693
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Classifications | Dewey:154.6 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
12 Tables, unspecified; 1 Halftones, unspecified; 51 Line drawings, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
27 February 2003 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
How and why does the sleeping brain generate dreams? Though the question is old, a paradigm shift is now occurring in the science of sleep and dreaming that is making room for new answers. From brainstem-based models of sleep cycle control, research is moving toward combined brainstem/forebrain models of sleep cognition itself. The book presents five papers by leading scientists at the center of the current firmament, and more than seventy-five commentaries on those papers by nearly all of the other leading authorities in the field. Topics include mechanisms of dreaming and REM sleep, memory consolidation in REM sleep, and an evolutionary hypothesis of the function of dreaming. The papers and commentaries, together with the authors' rejoinders, represent a huge leap forward in our understanding of the sleeping and dreaming brain. The book's multidisciplinary perspective will appeal to students and researchers in neuroscience, cognitive science, and psychology.
Reviews"This is a fascinating book on the state of the science of sleep and dreaming circa 2002." Quarterly Review of Biology "This is a fascinating book on the state of the science of sleep and dreaming circa 2002." Quarterly Review of Biology
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