In Search of Dreams

Results of Experimental Dream Research

AvInge Strauch,Barbara Meier

Häftad, Engelska, 1996

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Beskrivning

A scientifically sound and thoroughly comprehensible account of what laboratory study has revealed about dreams and dreaming.This book presents an overview of the methods and results of laboratory dream research: the collection of dreams under various conditions; different methods of dream evaluation; physiological and psychological factors of dream recall; memory sources of dreams; and dreams in different sleep stages.The main focus is to describe the phenomenology of dreams. What are the common features of dreaming with regard to images, thoughts, and emotions? Where does the dream take place and who enters the dream "theatre"? In what kinds of scenarios do dreamers find themselves?The authors' evidence is based on dreams collected in their sleep laboratory. Results of analysis of 500 REM dreams are discussed with reference to sex differences, children's dreams, and waking fantasies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1996-01-10
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:426 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series in Dream Studies
Antal sidor:252
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791427606
Översättare:Martin Ebon

Utforska kategorier

Psykologi: jaget, identitet och personlighet inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Inge Strauch is at the Psychologisches Institut der Universität Zürich in Switzerland. Barbara Meier is at the Psychologisches Institut der Universität Zürich in Switzerland.

Recensioner i media

"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

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword Preface and Acknowledgments 1. An Approach to the Subject of Dreams What Features Make Dreams Particularly Interesting?Defining a Dream"Avenues" to the DreamHistorical Development of Dream Research 2. Methods of Dream Sampling Collecting Spontaneously Remembered DreamsEliciting Dreams by AwakeningDreams Collected in the LaboratoryExperimental Impact on Dreams 3. Methods of Dream Evaluation Evaluating Formal Dream CharacteristicsDetermining Content and Qualitative Dream AttributesReliability of Dream Evaluation 4. Recalling Dreams Physiological Elements of Dream RecallPsychological Elements of Dream MemoryQualities of Dream MemoryComplexity of Dream Memory 5. The Language of Dreams Perceptions in DreamsThinking in DreamsEmotions in DreamsThe Bizarre in Dreams 6. The Content of Dreams Variety of Dream ContentsThe Role of the DreamerDream Scenarios 7. Dreams in Different Sleep Stages Dreams During Sleep OnsetNon-REM DreamingREM DreamsSimilarities and Differences 8. Sources of Dreams Temporal References in DreamsImpact of Pre-Sleep Experiences on the DreamStimulus 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 NightWaking Fantasies and DreamsAwake and Dreaming: Individual Continuity 11. In Search of Dreams: A Summing Up Bibliography Index