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Author: J. Allan Hobson (Director of the Neurophysiology and Sleep Laboratory and Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 11.20cm
, Height: 1.10cm
, Length: 17.40cm
Weight: 0.152kg
ISBN: 9780192802156
ISBN 10: 0192802151
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 21 April 2005
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General/trade
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
`Review from previous edition '...engaging new book...' ' Robert Matthews, The Sunday Telegraph `'A short introduction to the science of dreaming that examines succinctly questions about the function, activation and interpretation of dreams as well as investigating the relationships between dreaming, learning, memory and consciousness. And there are more than a few eye-openers as Hobson lays bare the secrets of a process that has both fascinated and mystified man for centuries.' ' Northern Echo `'for the excitement of science at the frontiers of consciousness theory and research, Allan Hobson's book is warmly recommended.'' Times Literary Supplement `'an enlightening book that will provide much food for thought in anyone who reads it.'' Good Book Guide `'a cool outline of modern knowledge about dreams'' New Scientist
`Review from previous edition '...engaging new book...' ' Robert Matthews, The Sunday Telegraph `'A short introduction to the science of dreaming that examines succinctly questions about the function, activation and interpretation of dreams as well as investigating the relationships between dreaming, learning, memory and consciousness. And there are more than a few eye-openers as Hobson lays bare the secrets of a process that has both fascinated and mystified man for centuries.' ' Northern Echo `'for the excitement of science at the frontiers of consciousness theory and research, Allan Hobson's book is warmly recommended.'' Times Literary Supplement `'an enlightening book that will provide much food for thought in anyone who reads it.'' Good Book Guide `'a cool outline of modern knowledge about dreams'' New Scientist
Fascinating. Caroline Green, BBC Focus
Author Information
J. Allan Hobson is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. He was the recipient of the Distinguished Scientist Award of the Sleep Research Society in 1988. His major research interests are the neurophysiological basis of the mind and behaviour; sleep and dreaming; and the history of neurology and psychiatry, with his most recent work focusing on the cognitive features and benefits of sleep. He is the author or co-author of many books, including: The Dreaming Brain (1988), Sleep (1995), Consciousness (1999), Dreaming as Delirium: How the brain goes out of its mind (1999), The Dream Drugstore (2001), and Out of its Mind: Psychiatry in Crisis (2001).
