The Mind at Night: The New Science of How and Why We Dream

Andrea Rock9780738207551, 0-7382-0755-1

The history of the scientific knowledge about dreaming is traced from the beginning of dream research in the 1950s to the modern labs as intellectual breakthroughs are interpreted to reveal how dreams can play a crucial role in understanding consciousness. 30,000 first printing.

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Table of contents :
EEn……Page 1
The Mind at Night – The New Science of How and Why We Dream……Page 2
Copyright Info……Page 5
TOC……Page 6
Preface……Page 7
1 – Rockettes, EEGs, and Banana Cream Pie……Page 15
2 – The Anti-Freud……Page 31
3 – Experiments of Nature……Page 55
4 – The Lesson of the Spiny Anteater……Page 74
5 – Rerunning the Maze……Page 89
6 – Nocturnal Therapy……Page 113
7 – The Ultimate Spin Doctor……Page 133
8 – Creative Chaos……Page 147
9 – Altered States……Page 161
10 – Cosciousness and Beyond……Page 184
Epilogue……Page 198
Acknowledgments……Page 212
Notes……Page 214
Bibliography……Page 224
Index……Page 230