Nightmares - The Science and Solution of Those Frightening Visions during Sleep

List of contents

Table of Contents
Figures and Tables
Preface and Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Approach to the study of nightmares
Chapter 2. Why do nightmares occur in children?
Chapter 3. Content of nightmares
Chapter 4. Nightmares in pre-modern societies
Chapter 5. Biology of nightmares
Chapter 6. Personality and psychopathological correlates of nightmares
Chapter 7. Phenomenology of the nightmare
Chapter 8. Theoretical accounts of the nightmare
Chapter 9: Nightmares and popular culture
Chapter 10: Interpretation of the possession theme in nightmares
Chapter 11: Conflict theory and the nightmare
Concluding Remarks
Appendix: Additional Resources
References
Index

About the author

Patrick McNamara is Director of the Evolutionary Neurobehavior Laboratory in the Department of Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine, and the VA New England Healthcare System. He is also Assistant Professor of Neurology at the same sites. He is currently developing an evolutionary approach to problems of brain and behavior, and studying the evolution of the frontal lobes, the two mammalian sleep states (REM and NREM) and the evolution of religion in cultures. He is trained in behavioral neuorscience, neurolinguistics and brain-cognitive correlation techniques. He pioneered investigation of the role of the frontal lobes in mediation of religious experience.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Mcnamara, Patrick McNamara Ph.D.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2008
• EAN: 9780313345128
• ISBN: 978-0-313-34512-8
• No. of pages: 200
• Weight: 482 g
• Series: Brain, Behavior, and Evolution
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Psychology: states of consciousness, Sleep & dreams