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Author:   Inge Strauch ,  Barbara Meier ,  Martin Ebon
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.426kg
ISBN:  

9780791427606

ISBN 10:   0791427609
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   10 January 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Foreword Preface and Acknowledgments 1. An Approach to the Subject of Dreams What Features Make Dreams Particularly Interesting? Defining a Dream ""Avenues"" to the Dream Historical Development of Dream Research 2. Methods of Dream Sampling Collecting Spontaneously Remembered Dreams Eliciting Dreams by Awakening Dreams Collected in the Laboratory Experimental Impact on Dreams 3. Methods of Dream Evaluation Evaluating Formal Dream Characteristics Determining Content and Qualitative Dream Attributes Reliability of Dream Evaluation 4. Recalling Dreams Physiological Elements of Dream Recall Psychological Elements of Dream Memory Qualities of Dream Memory Complexity of Dream Memory 5. The Language of Dreams Perceptions in Dreams Thinking in Dreams Emotions in Dreams The Bizarre in Dreams 6. The Content of Dreams Variety of Dream Contents The Role of the Dreamer Dream Scenarios 7. Dreams in Different Sleep Stages Dreams During Sleep Onset Non-REM Dreaming REM Dreams Similarities and Differences 8. Sources of Dreams Temporal References in Dreams Impact of Pre-Sleep Experiences on the Dream Stimulus Incorporation into Dreams 9. Dreamers and Their Worlds Children's Dreams 'Female' and 'Male' Dreams 10. Dreams and Waking: A Continuity Interrelatedness of Dreams of the Same Night Waking Fantasies and Dreams Awake and Dreaming: Individual Continuity 11. In Search of Dreams: A Summing Up Bibliography Index"

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It is wonderful to have this excellent account of laboratory dream research with Swiss dreamers available in English. Not only does it present new and interesting findings, but it supports the conclusions from American and Canadian laboratories on dreams and dreaming as well. -- G. William Domhoff, University of California, Santa Cruz, author of The Mystique of Dreams This work contains a careful presentation of the most important new insights into dreams and dream processes. It is a standard work for the study of dreaming, and, for the future, provides an essential basis to any scientific study of the dream...The book is not only accessible, but offers understanding to the non-specialized reader, both in style and illustrations. - Wolfgang Leuschner, Psyche

"""It is wonderful to have this excellent account of laboratory dream research with Swiss dreamers available in English. Not only does it present new and interesting findings, but it supports the conclusions from American and Canadian laboratories on dreams and dreaming as well."" -- G. William Domhoff, University of California, Santa Cruz, author of The Mystique of Dreams ""This work contains a careful presentation of the most important new insights into dreams and dream processes. It is a standard work for the study of dreaming, and, for the future, provides an essential basis to any scientific study of the dream...The book is not only accessible, but offers understanding to the non-specialized reader, both in style and illustrations."" - Wolfgang Leuschner, Psyche"

Author Information

Inge Strauch is at the Psychologisches Institut der Universitat Zurich in Switzerland. Barbara Meier is at the Psychologisches Institut der Universitat Zurich in Switzerland.

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