Sleep and Dreaming: Scientific Advances and Reconsiderations - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521008697 ISBN 13: 9780521008693

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

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 this title

Book Description:

A paradigm shift is occurring in the science of sleep and dreaming that is making room for new answers to questions about the sleeping brain. This book reviews and bridge the gaps among these fields as they relate to sleep and dream research. The book presents five papers by leading scientists, 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 consilodation in REM sleep, and an evolutonary hypothesis of the function of dreaming.

Review:

"This is a fascinating book on the state of the science of sleep and dreaming circa 2002." Quarterly Review of Biology

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521008697
• ISBN 13: 9780521008693
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 376
• Editor: Pace-Schott Edward F., Solms Mark, Blagrove Mark, Harnad Stevan