When Brains Dream: Exploring the Science and Mystery of Sleep [Hardcover]

A comprehensive, eye-opening exploration of what dreams are, where they come from, what they mean, and why we have them. [Readers] will especially relish the final chapters, which explore nightmares, lucid dreaming, narcolepsy, creativity via dreams, and even how to link a dream to waking-life events. Readers convinced that dreams reveal deep insights and those who dismiss them as meaningless will both enjoy a painless education on dreams and memory...?An excellent update on the science behind dreams. Fascinating& A masterly narrative&One that neither dumbs down the research nor steps outside of what we know, and yet is still a page-turner&[Zadra and Stickgold] retain an infectious sense of the wonder of it all. The book wields dreamy anecdotes and complex neuroscience to try to grasp the importance of these phantasms [dreams]. This smart mix of science and theory hits the mark. Where do we go in our dreams at night? And why do we dream in the first place? Are we the only species that dreams? Every night, we turn out the light and go to the movies. For as long as humans have been conscious of our world, weve wondered whats going on in that other world in which we spend a third of our lives. Some of my strangest dreams have been while I was asleep in Bob Stickgolds lab. Finally, in US