This unique and up-to-date book provides a comprehensive history and critical account of sleep mentation research since the introduction of electrographic techniques. Written by leading experts, it not only examines the activity of the mind during sleep but also scrutinizes methodological issues of key importance to the field. Looks at the relationships between physiological and mental events as brought to light by electrographic and other controlled studies of sleep mentation. Chapters are devoted to critical reviews of REM deprivation studies, the relationships between sustained and short-lived physiological conditions and sleep mentation, clinical phenomena such as sleep-talking, nightmares and night-terrors. Rigorously organized around topics of common interest, it is a penetrating study of current developments in the field.
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This unique and up-to-date book provides a comprehensive history and critical account of sleep mentation research since the introduction of electrographic techniques. Written by leading experts, it not only examines the activity of the mind during sleep but also scrutinizes methodological issues of key importance to the field. Looks at the relationships between physiological and mental events as brought to light by electrographic and other controlled studies of sleep mentation. Chapters are devoted to critical reviews of REM deprivation studies, the relationships between sustained and short-lived physiological conditions and sleep mentation, clinical phenomena such as sleep-talking, nightmares and night-terrors. Rigorously organized around topics of common interest, it is a penetrating study of current developments in the field.
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Where does your mind go when you sleep?,
This review is from: The Mind in Sleep: Psychology and Psychophysiology, 2nd Edition (Hardcover)
The amount of data amassed on sleep in this one volume amazed me. There are such interesting things to learn on this fascinating subject! You can find out what goes on in the mind during the various stages of sleep, each chapter vividly describing the contents and results of some extraordinary research. Sleep disorders are discussed, narcolepsy, insomnia, sleep talking, sleep walking, and some you will not know existed. The history of methods of obtaining sleep data is also explored, and the value of dreams and REM sleep is researched thoroughly. Of particular value is the section on the effects of external stimuli applied prior to and during sleep on the sleep experience. The various accounts of animal research are disturbing for the animal lover, but have resulted in some amazing discoveries that will enthrall the sleep subject enthusiast. The effects of REM deprivation on various aspects of personality is a very deep topic, and interesting. What I did not like about this particular book was it's continual references to the various experimenter's names. Sentences and paragraphs are constantly interrupted with parentheses giving the researcher's names, I think all this could have been mentioned once at the beginning of each chapter and then expounded upon in the appendix. Also, unless you are a serious sleep student, much of the research methods towards the end of the book will boggle you, but since this book seems to have targeted the serious student, it is probably quite necessary material. Had the subject been targeted for the lay reader and the methods explained in simpler terms, I think this book would reach the best seller list in no time. The chapters are all separately authored, which breaks each category of research into nice little packages and exposes all sides of all viewpoints. All in all, a truly informative and comprehensive book, you will learn more than you ever thought you could on this subject! (And the book will NOT put you to sleep!)
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Total Recall Freq, Van de Castle, Trichotomous Dreaming, Homosexual Subject, Imaginal Processes Inventory, Sleep Mentotlon, Stimulus Night, United States, Van Luijtelaar, Association of Sleep Disorders Centers, Independently Judged Reports, Reality Sensory, Columbia University, Late Early, New Look, New York City, Sleep-induced Respiratory Impairment, Teachers College, Variables Based New!
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Until 20 years ago the most influential body of scientific and scholarly thought about dreaming was derived from clinical observations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Total Recall Freq, Van de Castle, Trichotomous Dreaming, Homosexual Subject, Imaginal Processes Inventory, Sleep Mentotlon, Stimulus Night, United States, Van Luijtelaar, Association of Sleep Disorders Centers, Independently Judged Reports, Reality Sensory, Columbia University, Late Early, New Look, New York City, Sleep-induced Respiratory Impairment, Teachers College, Variables Based New!
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- Sleep and Dreaming: Third Edition by Jacob Empson on 4 pages
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- The Function of the Dream How the Brain Creates the Mind by Milton M. Ashley in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Dreams: A Reader on Religious, Cultural and Psychological Dimensions of Dreaming by Kelly Bulkeley on page 43, page 355, and page 359
- Science, Theology, and Consciousness: The Search for Unity by John B. Arden in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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