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The Limits of Dream - A Scientific Exploration of the Mind / Brain Interface
J. F. Pagel
Verlag Elsevier Reference Monographs, 2010
ISBN 9780080559605 , 250 Seiten
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Front Cover
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The Limits of Dream: A Scientific Exploration of the Mind/Brain Interface
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Copyright Page
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Preface
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Chapter 1 Introduction
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Body/Mind
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Dreams as Windows
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But, Is REM Sleep Dreaming?
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The Event Horizon
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The Limits of Dream
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SECTION 1 Definitions and the Search for Truth
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Chapter 2 Mind/Plato's Cave
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Descartes
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Limits of the Cartesian Perspective
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What is Mind?
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Chapter 3 A Dream can be Gazpacho
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Definitions
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SECTION 2 The Biological Substrate of Dream
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Chapter 4 The Neuroanatomy of Dreaming
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The Neuroanatomy of REMS
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The Neuropathology of Dreaming
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The Neuroanatomy of Dreaming
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Chapter 5 The Neurochemistry of Dreaming
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REMS Neurochemistry
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Medications Affecting Sleep
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Medications Affecting Dreaming
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Primary Neurotransmitters Affecting Sleep and Dreaming
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Neurotransmitter Modulating Systems
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Dreaming and Nightmares: Neurotransmitter Systems
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Agents Affecting Conscious Interaction with the Environment Anesthetics
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Agents Affecting Host Defense
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The Neurochemistry of Dreams and Nightmares
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Chapter 6 The Electrophysiology of Dreaming
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The EEG
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Functional Roles for CNS Electrical Fields
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Evidence for a Functioning Extracellular Electrical System in the CNS
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The Electrophysiology of Dreams
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Chapter 7 The Complexity of Dreams: Neural networks and Consciousness
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Biological Applications of Neural Net Theories
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The Dreams of Neural Networks
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Complexity of the Biologic System
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The Limits of Dream
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SECTION 3 Studying the Cognitive Substrate of Dreaming
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Chapter 8 Dreams and Sleep: The Substrate Hypothesis
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Dream Recall in Insomnia
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Insomnia and Nightmare Recall Frequency
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The Association Between Sleep and Mind
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Chapter 9 Dreaming and Memory
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Memory and Dreams
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Imagery and Intrinsic Memory
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Dream Recall
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Dream content
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EveryDay Memory and Mind
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Dream Use
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Memory and Mind
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Chapter 10 The Brain/Computer Interface
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Intelligence
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Artificial Intelligence
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SECTION 4 The Cognitive Process of Dreaming
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Chapter 11 Emotions and Dream
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Frightening Dreams
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Emotions and Dreaming
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Emotions and Mind
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Emotional Dreaming
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Chapter 12 Exploring the Visual interface
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Visual Consciousness
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The Visual Representation of Space
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Imagery
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Dream Imagery
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Artificial Dream Imagery – Filmmaking
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Visual Components of Dreaming
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Chapter 13 Thinking and Dreaming
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Thinking in Dreams
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Bizarreness in Dreams
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Associative Thought in Dreams
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The Neurological Basis of Thought
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Thinking and the Mind
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SECTION 5 The Cognitive Organization of Dreaming
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What we know
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The Formal Structure of Dreaming
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Chapter 14 Hallucinations and Dreams
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Dream-Like Phenomena
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Parasomnias and Unusual Dreams
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Are Dreams Hallucinations?
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Chapter 15 Dreaming and Storytelling
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The Narrative Structure of Thought
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The Mythic Structure of Story
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Dreams in Literature
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Dreams in Screenplay
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The Limits of Dream Imagery
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The Power of the Story
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Chapter 16 Film: The Projected Dream
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Moving Pictures
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The Visual Language of Film
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Visual Imagery and Film
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Apparatus Theory
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Film Theory
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SECTION 6 Functional uses for Dreaming
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Chapter 17 Creativity
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The Gestalt of Creativity
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The Creative Personality
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Psychoanalytic Creativity
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Creativity as Divergent Thinking
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The Disorder of Creativity
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Dreaming Creatively
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Chapter 18 Non-dreaming or the Use of Dreams in Creativity
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Creativity in the Sleep Laboratory
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Dream Use and Creative Interest
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Non-dreamers
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Chapter 19 Dream use by Filmmakers
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Screenwriters and Their Use of Dreams
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Scriptwriting: The Dream-Like Process
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Incubating a Screenplay
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Dream Use by Directors
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Dream Use by Actors
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Sundance Interviews: Actors
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Sundance Questionnaire Responses: Actors
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Summary
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Chapter 20 Dreaming and Artists
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Dream Use in Creativity: Psychopathology
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Creativity and Dreaming
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Borders of Mind
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SECTION 7 Models of Mind and Brain
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Chapter 21 Models of Mind = Brain
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Transmission-Line Neuro-Processing
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AIM
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Alternative Monist Theories
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Problems with Monists
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Chapter 22 Mind not Brain: The Cartesian Psychoanalyst
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Diseases of the Mind: The Psychoanalytic Approach
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The Limitations of Psychoanalysis in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychiatric Illness
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Psychoanalysis and the Structure of Mind
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Cartesian Psychoanalysis
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The Psychoanalytic Perspective of Mind
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The Cartesian Psychoanalyst
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Chapter 23 Viewing the Border Between Brain and Mind: A Modified Cartesian Perspective
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Modified Cartesian Models
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Visualizing the Mind/Brain Border
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Dreaming Across the Border
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Chapter 24 The Limits of Dream
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Brain-Based Correlates of Mind
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Mind-Based Cognitive Processes
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The Limits of Knowledge: Borders
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References
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Index
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