Sleep and Dreaming: Origins, Nature and Functions (International Series in Experimental Psychology ; V. 23)

1986 3rd printing trade paperback. Tight spine, clear crisp pages, no writing, no tears, smokefree Content: Other Pergamon titles of interest , Page ii NOTICE TO READERS , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Dedication , Page v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS , Pages xi-xii INTRODUCTION , Pages 1-7 Introduction to Psychobiological Characteristics of REM Sleep and Dreaming , Page 9 CHAPTER 1 - PHYSIOLOGICAL NATURE OF REM SLEEP , Pages 11-46 CHAPTER 2 - ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF REM SLEEP , Pages 47-74 CHAPTER 3 - INFORMATION PROCESSING DURING REM SLEEP , Pages 75-102 CHAPTER 4 - MOTIVATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF REM SLEEP , Pages 103-125 Introduction to Psychological Approaches to Dream Content , Page 155 CHAPTER 5 - THEORETICAL IMPLICATIONS , Pages 126-153 CHAPTER 6 - DETERMINANTS OF DREAM RECALL , Pages 157-182 CHAPTER 7 - PHYSIOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF REM DREAMING , Pages 183-206 CHAPTER 8 - PRESLEEP DETERMINANTS OF DREAM CONTENT , Pages 207-233 CHAPTER 9 - INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN DREAM CONTENT , Pages 234-255 CHAPTER 10 - DREAMING AS A DETERMINANT OF ADAPTATION , Pages 256-281 REFERENCES , Pages 283-300 NAME INDEX , Pages 301-307 SUBJECT INDEX , Pages 309-315 Sleep and dreaming are manifestations in higher organisms of a fundamental'circadian rhythm'of inactivity-activity. During the past thirty years, research has provided a great deal of new information about the phenomenom and phenomenology of sleep, and the relationship between sleep and wakefulness. This book aims to describe, organise and interpret some of this new knowledge in order to stimulate a greater appreciation of the role of sleep and dreaming in human adaptation. The study of sleep and dreaming provides a very special perspective on human functioning. It stands in direct contrast to more traditional paradigms utilised in psychology that place the locus of explanation of human behaviour in the'external environment'