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Author Hobson, J. Allan, 1933-

Title Dream life : an experimental memoir / J. Allan Hobson.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 296 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-291) and index.
Contents [Pt.] I. Biologically speaking : an experimental autobiography. Brain birth : a non-immaculate conception -- Brain growth : the illusion and the reality of being -- Brain state : a self-organizing process -- [part] II. My experimental nature. The genesis of my experimentalism -- Marginal modes of being -- Experimental social structures -- [part] III. The nature of my experiments. Psychoanalysis as thesis -- Brain science as antithesis -- Cognitive neuroscience as synthesis -- [part] IV. Experiments of nature. Brain shock -- Brain death -- Heart failure -- Back ache -- Sleep strangulation -- [part] V. Implications of my work. Philosophical implications -- Scientific implications -- Dream science and the humanities -- Functional conclusions.
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Summary A pioneer in sleep and dream science surveys his life and work through the lens of dreaming and consciousness.
Subject Hobson, J. Allan, 1933-
Hobson, J. Allan, 1933-
Hobson, J. Allan, 1933- (OCoLC)fst01925963
Neuroscientists -- Biography.
Dreams.
Dream interpretation.
Rapid eye movement sleep.
Consciousness.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Nervous System (incl. Brain)
MEDICAL -- Neurology.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical.
Consciousness. (OCoLC)fst00875441
Dream interpretation. (OCoLC)fst00897886
Dreams. (OCoLC)fst01198490
Neuroscientists. (OCoLC)fst01036525
Rapid eye movement sleep. (OCoLC)fst01090058
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Hobson, J. Allan, 1933- Dream life. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011 9780262015325 (DLC) 2010030562 (OCoLC)711315286
ISBN 9780262295598 (electronic bk.)
0262295598 (electronic bk.)
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