ABSTRACT

First published in 1982. This book offers virtually everything that is publicly known about sleep-talking, with the greatest amount and most important of this information coming from the author’s own research. The work is thorough, careful, and thoughtful. It is that rare product that says just about all that can be said on a subject. In short, it is now the “authoritative work” on sleep talking, and it is likely to remain such for many years.

chapter 1|9 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|2 pages

Definitions of Sleep-Utterance

chapter 4|16 pages

Demography of Sleep-Talking

chapter 9|8 pages

Psychological Content of Somniloquy

chapter 11|82 pages

Experimental Manipulation of Sleep-Talking

chapter 15|32 pages

The Psychoanalytic Literature and Somniloquy

chapter 20|9 pages

Clinical Uses of Sleep-Talking

chapter 21|4 pages

Addendum

New Studies of Sleep-Talking (Heynick, 1980a, b)