The Limits of Dream: A Scientific Exploration of the Mind / Brain InterfaceThe Limits of Dream focuses on what we currently know of the human central nervous system (CNS), examining the basic sciences of neurochemisty, neuroanatomy, and CNS electrophysiology as these sciences apply to dream, then reaching beyond basic science to examine the cognitive science of dreaming including the processes of memory, the perceptual interface, and visual imagery. Building on what is known of intrapersonal CNS processing, the book steps outside the physical body to explore artificially created dreams and their use in filmmaking, art and story, as well as the role of dreaming in creative process and creative “madness. The limits of our scientific knowledge of dream frame this window that can be used to explore the border between body and mind. What is known scientifically of the cognitive process of dreaming will lead the neuroscientist, the student of cognitive science, and the general reader down different paths than expected into an exploration of the fuzzy and complex horizon between mind and brain.
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Contents
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SECTION 2 The Biological Substrate of Dream | 27 |
SECTION 3 Studying the Cognitive Substrate of Dreaming | 65 |
SECTION 4 The Cognitive Process of Dreaming | 89 |
SECTION 5 The Cognitive Organization of Dreaming | 115 |
SECTION 6 Functional uses for Dreaming | 139 |
SECTION 7 Models of Mind and Brain | 169 |
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| Title | The Limits of Dream: A Scientific Exploration of the Mind / Brain Interface |
| Author | J. F. Pagel |
| Publisher | Elsevier, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0080559603, 9780080559605 |
| Length | 250 pages |
| Subjects | › › Medical / Neurology Medical / Neuroscience Medical / Psychiatry / General Psychology / Clinical Psychology Psychology / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition Psychology / Experimental Psychology Psychology / General Psychology / Neuropsychology Psychology / Physiological Psychology Science / Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology Science / Life Sciences / Biology Science / Life Sciences / Neuroscience |
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