Sleep and Dreaming Scientific Advances and Reconsiderations [Paperback]

Five leading scientists present papers on the latest findings in sleep and dream research.A paradigm shift is occurring in the science of sleep and dreaming that is making room for new answers to questions about the sleeping brain. This book reviews and bridge the gaps among these fields as they relate to sleep and dream research. The book presents five papers by leading scientists, and more than seventy-five commentaries on those papers by nearly all of the other leading authorities in the field. Topics include mechanisms of dreaming and REM sleep, memory consilodation in REM sleep, and an evolutonary hypothesis of the function of dreaming.A paradigm shift is occurring in the science of sleep and dreaming that is making room for new answers to questions about the sleeping brain. This book reviews and bridge the gaps among these fields as they relate to sleep and dream research. The book presents five papers by leading scientists, and more than seventy-five commentaries on those papers by nearly all of the other leading authorities in the field. Topics include mechanisms of dreaming and REM sleep, memory consilodation in REM sleep, and an evolutonary hypothesis of the function of dreaming.From the study of brainstem-based models of sleep cycle control, current research is moving toward combined brainstem/forebrain models of sleep cognition. The book presents five papers by contemporary leading scientists, and more than seventy-five commentaries on those papers by nearly all of the other distinguished authorities in the field. Topics include mechanisms of dreaming and REM sleep, memory consolidation in REM sleep, and an evolutionary hypothesis of the function of dreaming. The papers and commentaries, together with the authors' rejoinders, represent significant advances in the understanding of the sleeping and dreaming brain.1. Dreaming and the brain: toward a cognitive neuroscience of conscious states J. A. Hobson, E. F. Pace-Schott and R. Stickgold; 2. Dreaming andló6