Sleep and Dreaming / Third Edition
- 3rd
- Palgrave Macmillan, 2002
- 254
A fascinating insight into this most universal of subjects, critically analyzing the most recent research by psychologists and neuroscientists and reviewing historical and cultural beliefs about dreams. Preface, Acknowledgements, The Context of Sleep Research, The Obvious: Beliefs about Sleep and Dreaming, Studying Sleep in the Laboratory, The Experience of Sleep, The Dreams of Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, The Quality of the Sleeping Experience, What is a Dream?, The Physiology and Natural History of Sleep, The Physiology of Sleep, Sleep Disturbance, The Psychology of Sleep, Determinants of Sleep Quality, The Sleep of Animals, The Evolution and Functions of Sleep, Sleep Disorders, Adult Sleep Disorders, The Psychological Treatment of Insomnia, Children's Sleep Problems, References, Index.