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The oracle of night: the history and science of dreams
The oracle of night: the history and science of dreams
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Ribeiro, Sidarta
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Publication Date
[2021]
Language
English
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From the Book - First American edition.
Why do we dream?
The ancestral dream
From living gods to psychoanalysis
Unique dreams and typical dreams
First images
The evolution of dreaming
The biochemistry of dreams
Madness is a dream one dreams alone
Sleeping and remembering
The reverberation of memories
Genes and memes
Sleeping to create
REM sleep isn't dreaming
Desires, emotions, and nightmares
The probabilistic oracle
Missing the dead, and the inner world of culture
Does dreaming have a future?
Dreaming and destiny
Epilogue.
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Dreams
Dreams -- History
Dreams -- Physiological aspects
History
Instructional and educational works
Physiological aspects
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Contributors
Hahn, Daniel
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ISBN
9781524746902
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