
When Brains Dream
Understanding the Science and Mystery of Our Dreaming Minds
By: Antonio Zadra, Robert Stickgold
Paperback | 13 April 2022 | Edition Number 1
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Questions on the origins and meaning of dreams are as old as humankind, and as confounding and exciting today as when nineteenth-century scientists first attempted to unravel them. Why do we dream? Do dreams hold psychological meaning or are they merely the reflection of random brain activity? What purpose do dreams serve?
When Brains Dream addresses these core questions about dreams while illuminating the most up-to-date science in the field. Written by two world-renowned sleep and dream researchers, it debunks common myths that we only dream in REM sleep, for example--while acknowledging the mysteries that persist around both the science and experience of dreaming.
Antonio Zadra and Robert Stickgold bring together state-of-the-art neuroscientific ideas and findings to propose a new and innovative model of dream function called NEXTUP--Network Exploration to Understand Possibilities. By detailing this model's workings, they help readers understand key features of several types of dreams, from prophetic dreams to nightmares and lucid dreams. When Brains Dream reveals recent discoveries about the sleeping brain and the many ways in which dreams are psychologically, and neurologically, meaningful experiences; explores a host of dream-related disorders; and explains how dreams can facilitate creativity and be a source of personal insight.
Making an eloquent and engaging case for why the human brain needs to dream, When Brains Dream offers compelling answers to age-old questions about the mysteries of sleep.
Industry Reviews
"Drawing on decades of research, sleep scientists Antonio Zadra and Robert Stickgold detail their new model of how and why we dream - a model that they call NEXTUP, the Network Exploration to Understand Possibilities." -- The best popular science books to read in January 2021 - Science Focus
"... Bob and Tony have an answer to a problem that's been puzzling people for 200 years: why do we dream? They explain why we daydream too; why it's vital for sanity, so for me When Brains Dream has acted as an intervention." -- The Spectator
"Reports of bizarre night-time visions have surged during the pandemic... Dreams are vivid and memorable, [Stickgold] points out, and we have a sense that they are telling us something. But what? Since Covid-19 struck, a lot of us are asking that question... The pandemic has caused people to feel more anxious about everything from health to finance. The brain tags such concerns for processing during sleep, according to Stickgold and Zadra in When Brains Dream..." -- Hilary Rose - The Times
"A remarkable account of what we know and don't know about this mysterious thing that happens during the night... When Brains Dream is a rarity among popular science books, one that neither dumbs down the research nor steps outside of what we know," -- Daniel Levitin, author of The Changing Mind
ISBN: 9781324020295
ISBN-10: 1324020296
Published: 13th April 2022
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 336
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: W W Norton & Company
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 6 x 16.3 x 25.3
Weight (kg): 0.27
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