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Sleep and Dreaming: Scientific Advances and Reconsiderations

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Sleep and Dreaming: Scientific Advances and Reconsiderations
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Edward F. Pace-Schott
Edited by Mark Solms
Edited by Mark Blagrove
Edited by Stevan Harnad
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:376
Dimensions(mm): Height 220,Width 277
Category/GenreNeurosciences
ISBN/Barcode 9780521008693
ClassificationsDewey:154.6
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 12 Tables, unspecified; 1 Halftones, unspecified; 51 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 27 February 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

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