Dreaming

A Very Short Introduction

De: J. Allan Hobson

Narrado por: Sean Crisden

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 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 for life.

©2002 J. Allan Hobson (P)2021 Tantor

The Science of Dreaming

A scientific perspective on the concepts of dreaming, sleeping, and how they affect our conscious lives. Intriguing small introduction to the study of dreaming.

meh

if you like neil degrass tyson-level mini takedowns of how dumb everything but science is (from someone who clearly hasn't studied anything but), this is a good one for you. i really tried. couldn't get past the smugness early on. something very anti-intellectual about it.

Blah blah blah neuroscience blah blah blah

Once again neuroscience comes to the rescue to drain everything interesting out of a potentially fascinating subject. The whole purpose of this book is to debunk dream content analysis and replace it with formal analysis.