Screen LibraryExploring our dreams : the science and the potential for self-discovery /
"What do psychology and neuroscience tell us about our dreams? Dream researcher and practicing psychotherapist Paul R. Robbins presents the science in a non-technical Q & A format. Covering the history of dream interpretation--from ancient Assyrian dream books to the theories of Carl Jung--...
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| Publisher Address: | Jefferson, North Carolina : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"What do psychology and neuroscience tell us about our dreams? Dream researcher and practicing psychotherapist Paul R. Robbins presents the science in a non-technical Q & A format. Covering the history of dream interpretation--from ancient Assyrian dream books to the theories of Carl Jung--he describes his own successful approach to dream studies"-- |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 212 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781476672755 (paperback) : 147667275X (paperback) |
| Index Number: | BF1078 |
| CLC: | B845.1 |
| Call Number: | B845.1/R635 |
| Contents: | Part I. What science tells us about our dreams -- The nature of dreaming -- Dreaming and the brain -- Dream recall, dreaming in color and more -- The sources of dreams and the experience of lucid dreaming -- The content of dreams, theories about dreams and dreams that recur -- Gender and age differences in dreams -- Bizarre dreams and dreams and mental illness -- Anxiety dreams, nightmares and night terrors -- Positive effects from dreams on emotions and problem solving -- Message and predictive dreams -- Part II. What dreams may tell us about ourselves -- Comparing your dreams with the dreams of others -- The approach to dream analysis of Sigmund Freud -- Dream analysis according to Carl Gustav Jung -- Dream dictionaries -- The dream incident technique: an experimental approach to using dream associations -- Some final thoughts about dreams. |