Sleep and Dreaming: Scientific Advances and Reconsiderations (Paperback)

Sleep and Dreaming: Scientific Advances and Reconsiderations Book 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.
From the study of brainstem-based models of sleep cycle control, current research is moving toward combined brainstem/forebrain models of sleep cognition. The book presents five papers by contemporary leading scientists, and more than seventy-five commentaries on those papers by nearly all of the other distinguished 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 significant advances in the understanding of the sleeping and dreaming brain.

About the Author :

Mark Solms has contributed to Sleep and Dreaming: Scientific Advances and Reconsiderations as an editor. Solms is an Associate Member of the British Psycho-Analytical Society and an Honorary Member of the New York Psychoanalytic Society. He is an Honorary Lecturer in Neurosurgery at St. Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and a Lecturer in Psychology at University College London.

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