ABSTRACT
This volume describes how the conceptual and technical sophistication of contemporary cognitive and neuroscientific fields has enhanced the neurocognitive understanding of dreaming sleep. Because it is the only naturally-occurring state in which the active brain produces elaborate cognitive processes in the absence of sensory input, the study of dreaming offers a unique cognitive and neurophysiological view of the production of higher cognitive processes. The theory and research included is driven by the search for the most direct relationships linking the neurophysiological characteristics of sleepers to their concurrent cognitive experiences. The search is organized around three sets of theoretical models and the three classes of neurocognitive relationships upon which they are based. The contributions to this volume demonstrate that the field has begun to move in new directions opened up by the rapid advances in contemporary cognitive science, neuropsychology, and neurophysiology.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|29 pages
Interhemispheric EEG Activity in Sleep and Wakefulness
chapter 6|42 pages
Dream Recall in Brain-damaged Patients
part 2|84 pages
Visual Imagery and Cognitive Processes across Waking and Sleep States
part 3|38 pages
Tonic and Phasic Activation Models
chapter 12|19 pages
A New Model of Brain-Mind State
chapter 14|12 pages
Transmutative and Reproductive Properties of Dreams
part 4|41 pages
Lucid Dreaming