The Twenty-four Hour Mind: The Role of Sleep and Dreaming in Our Emotional Lives - Couverture souple

Cartwright, Rosalind D.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0199896283 ISBN 13 : 9780199896288

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Leading sleep researcher Rosalind Cartwright brings together decades of work on sleep, dreaming and sleep disorders to propose a new theory of how the mind works continuously. Drawing on her own research and that of others, Cartwright describes how conscious and unconscious thoughts and feelings move forward-from waking, into sleep and dreaming, to the next waking day. One main purpose of sleep is to regulate disturbing emotions. Not everyone does this successfully every night. Her research on dreams of those suffering depression show these fail to regulate mood overnight, and when sleepwalkers behave aggressively they have not had enough time dreaming. With many case examples, the author illustrates how conscious and unconscious thoughts and feelings are being linked to older memories throughout sleep and dreams, and how this process effects changes in thinking and feeling the next day-even reshaping our identities. The Twenty-four Hour Mind offers a unique integration of psychology and sleep research that will be of interest to anyone captivated by the mysteries of the mind-and what sleep and dreams teach us about ourselves.

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À propos de l'auteur

Professor Emeritus of Rush University Medical Center's Graduate College Neuroscience Division

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0199896283
• ISBN 13: 9780199896288
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 226
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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