An Evolutionary Psychology of Sleep and Dreams

by Patrick McNamara

Book Overview

Challenging existing claims concerning the functions of Rapid Eye Movement sleep and the purported meaninglessness of dreams, this text offers a complete and up-to-date survey on the anatomy, physiology, ontogeny, and phylogeny of REM sleep as well as the cognitive neuroscience of dream phenomonolgy and dream content. The text underlines the importance of looking at how REM interacts physiologically with NREM sleep, in order to understand the potential...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275978753
• ISBN13: 9780275978754
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 9.3"