The Functions of Dreaming (Suny Series in Dream St (SUNY series in Dream Studies)
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ISBN: 0791412989 / Publisher: State University of New York Press, February 1993
There is considerable disagreement among practitioners in the dream and life sciences concerning the functional significance of dreaming. This volume presents a diverse collection of modern views on the subject by theoreticians, researchers, and practitioners of the human and life sciences. The majority of the 16 contributed chapters are positively disposed to the proposition that dreaming is functionally significant. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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Many contemporary neuroscientists are skeptical about the belief that dreaming accomplishes anything in the context of human adaptation and this skepticism is widely accepted in the popular press. This book provides answers to that skepticism from experimental and clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, neurologists, and anthropologists. Ranging across the human and life sciences, the authors provide provocative insights into the enduring question of dreaming from the point of view of the brain, the individual, and culture. The Functions of Dreaming contains both new theory and research on the functions of dreaming as well as revisions of older theories dating back to the founder of modern dream psychology, Sigmund Freud. Also explored are the many roles dreaming plays in adaptation to daily living, in human development, and in the context of different cultures: search, integration, identity formation, memory consolidation, the creation of new knowledge, and social communication.
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