When Brains Dream

Exploring the Science and Mystery of Sleep

When Brains Dream
Antonio Zadra, Robert Stickgold
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Paperback
h211 x 140mm - 336pg
29 Mar 2022 US
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9781324020295
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Questions on the origins and meaning of dreams are as old as humankind, and as confounding and exciting today as when nineteenth-century scientists first attempted to unravel them. When Brains Dream addresses the core questions about dreams while illuminating the most up-to-date science in the field. Written by two world-renowned sleep and dream researchers, it debunks common myths? that we only dream in REM sleep, for example? while acknowledging the mysteries that persist around both the science and experience of dreaming. Antonio Zadra and Robert Stickgold bring together state-of-the-art neuroscientific ideas and findings, and propose a new and innovative model of dream function called NEXTUP? Network Exploration to Understand Possibilities. By detailing this model' s workings, they help readers understand key features of several types of dreams? from prophetic dreams to nightmares and lucid dreams? and explain everything from how dreams can facilitate creativity to why they can be a source of personal insight.
"Where do we go in our dreams at night? And why do we dream in the first place? Are we the only species that dreams? When Brains Dream provides a truly comprehensive, scientifically rigorous and utterly fascinating account of when, how, and why we dream. Put simply, When Brains Dream is the essential guide to dreaming. " -- Matthew Walker, author of Why We Sleep "Every night, we turn out the light and go to the movies. For as long as humans have been conscious of our world, we' ve wondered what' s going on in that other world in which we spend a third of our lives. Some of my strangest dreams have been while I was asleep in Bob Stickgold' s lab. Finally, in When Brains Dream, I have a way to understand them. There' s more here than you ever dreamed of. " -- Alan Alda, New York Times-bestselling author of If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face? "When Brains Dream unveils a novel neuroscientific model comprising an elegant and surprising piece of the puzzle of why we dream the way we do. If you are curious about the curiouser and curiouser qualia of dreams, read this book!" -- Stephen LaBerge, author of Lucid Dreaming
Antonio Zadra is a professor at the Universite de Montreal and a researcher at the Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine. He has appeared on PBS' s Nova and BBC' s Horizon. Zadra lives in Quebec. Robert Stickgold is a professor at Harvard Medical School and director of the Center for Sleep and Cognition. His writing has appeared in Scientific American and Newsweek. Stickgold lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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ISBN-13: 9781324020295
Published: 29 Mar 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Paperback
Height: 211mm
Width: 140mm
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 264g
Pages: 336

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