The Limits of Dream A Scientific Exploration of the Mind / Brain Interface

Approx.250 pages

AcknowledgementsPreface Chapter 1 Introduction Body/Mind Dreams as Windows But, Is REM Sleep Dreaming? The Event Horizon The Limits of DreamSection 1 Definitions and the Search for Truth Chapter 2 Mind/Plato’s Cave Descartes Limits of the Cartesian Perspective What is Mind? Definitions Psychoanalytic Approaches Alternative Perspectives Chapter 3 A Dream can be Gazpacho DefinitionsSection 2 The Biological Substrate of Dream Chapter 4 The Neuroanatomy of Dreaming The Neuroanatomy of REMS The Neuropathology of Dreaming The Neuroanatomy of Dreaming Chapter 5 The Neurochemistry of Dreaming REMS Neurochemistry Medications Affecting Sleep Medications Affecting Dreaming Primary Neurotransmitters Affecting Sleep and Dreaming Acetylcholine Norepinephrine Serotonin Dopamine GABA Neurotransmitter Modulating Systems Dreaming and Nightmares: Neurotransmitter Systems Agents Affecting Conscious Interaction with the Environment Anesthetics Agents Affecting Host Defense The Neurochemistry of Dreams and Nightmares Chapter 6 The Electrophysiology of Dreaming The EEG Functional Roles for CNS Electrical Fields Evidence for a Functioning Extracellular Electrical System in the CNS Drug Effects Disease States The Electrophysiology of Dreams Chapter 7 The Complexity of Dreams: Neural networks and Consciousness Biological Applications of Neural Net Theories The Dreams of Neural Networks Complexity of the Biologic System The Limits of Dream Structure The Neurological Substrate of DreamSection 3 Studying the Cognitive Substrate of Dreaming Chapter 8 Dreams and Sleep: The Substrate Hypothesis Dream Recall in Insomnia Insomnia and Nightmare Recall Frequency The Association Between Sleep and Mind Chapter 9 Dreaming and Memory Memory and Dreams Imagery and Intrinsic Memory Dream Recall Dream content EveryDay Memory and Mind Dream Use Memory and Mind Chapter The Brain/Computer Interface Intelligence Artificial Intelligence The Perceptual Interface The Motor Interface Computation and Thought Communication Problem Solving The Capabilities of Artificial SystemsSection 4 The Cognitive Process of Dreaming Chapter 11 Emotions and Dream Frightening Dreams Emotions and Dreaming Emotions and Mind Emotional Dreaming Chapter 12 Exploring the Visual Interface Visual Consciousness The Visual Representation of Space Imagery Dream Imagery Artificial Dream Imagery – Filmmaking Visual Components of Dreaming Chapter 13 Thinking and Dreaming Thinking in Dreams Bizarreness in Dreams Associative Thought in Dreams The Neurological Basis of Thought Thinking and the MindSection 5 The Cognitive Organization of Dreaming What we know The Formal Structure of Dreaming Chapter 14 Hallucinations and Dreams Dream-Like Phenomena Parasomnias and Unusual Dreams Are Dreams Hallucinations? Chapter 15 Dreaming and Storytelling The Narrative Structure of Thought The Mythic Structure of Story Dreams in Literature Dreams in Screenplay The Limits of Dream Imagery The Power of the Story Chapter 16 Film: The Projected Dream Moving Pictures The Visual Language of Film Visual Imagery and Film Apparatus Theory Film TheorySection 6 Functional uses for Dreaming Chapter 17 Creativity The Gestalt of Creativity The Creative Personality Psychoanalytic Creativity Creativity as Divergent Thinking The Disorder of Creativity Dreaming Creatively Chapter 18 Non-Dreaming or the Use of Dreams in Creativity Creativity in the Sleep Laboratory Dream Use and Creative Interest Non-dreamers The Creativity of Non-dreamers Chapter 19 Dream use by Filmmakers Screenwriters and Their Use of Dreams Scriptwriting: The Dream-Like Process Incubating a Screenplay Dream Use by Directors Dream Use by Actors Sundance Interviews: Actors Sundance Questionnaire Responses: Actors Summary Dream Use in the Creative Process Chapter 20 Dreaming and Artists Dream Use in Creativity: Psychopathology Creativity and Dreaming Borders of MindSection 7 Models of Mind and Brain Chapter 21 Models of Mind = Brain Transmission-Line Neuro-Processing AIM Alternative Monist Theories Massively Parallel Neuro-Processing Physiologic CNS Electrical Rhythms Problems with Monists Chapter 22 Mind not Brain: The Cartesian Psychoanalyst Diseases of the Mind: The Psychoanalytic Approach The Limitations of Psychoanalysis in the Diagnosis Treatment of Psychiatric Illness Psychoanalysis and the Structure of Mind Cartesian Psychoanalysis The Psychoanalytic Perspective of Mind The Cartesian Psychoanalyst Chapter 23 Viewing the Border Between Brain and Mind: A Modified Cartesian Perspective Modified Cartesian Models Visualizing the Mind/Brain Border Dreaming Across the Border Chapter 24 The Limits of Dream Brain-Based Correlates of Mind Mind-Based Cognitive Processes The Limits of Knowledge: BordersReferencesIndex

? Cognitive neuroscientists, particularly those interested in sleep and dream, memory and creativity.
? Philosophers and students of philosophy interested in assessing new developments in philosophy of mind.
? Psychologists, psychiatrists, and physicians interested in brain function.
? Computer scientists focused on the development of neural networks and other aspects of brain/mind interface.
? Psychoanalysts and individuals with an interest in the development and application of psychoanalytic perspectives.

This book will be indexed and referenced to serve as a resource for further work into the border of the brain/mind interface.

In addition to these scholarly audiences, this book will appeal to an educated general audience interested in understanding the scientific frontiers of cognition, creativity and dream. The Event Horizon of Dream has the potential to appeal to a broader general audience interested in self-exploration and self-understanding, and anyone with an interest in how the mind works.

JF Pagel has authored more than 170 publications. His basic research addressed the electrophysiology of consciousness, the neurochemistry of sleep and dream, and the role of REM sleep in learning and memory. His clinical work includes proofs for non-dreaming and the requirement of sleep for dream and nightmare, the diagnostic code for nightmare disorder, a definition protocol for dream, and demonstrations that REM sleep and dreaming are doubly dissociable. He has developed approaches to treating insomnia, sleep & altitude, narcolepsy, pediatric parasomnias, and waking somnolence, as well as addressing dream and nightmare use in trauma, art, creativity and filmmaking. He is co-editor of one of the major sleep-medicine texts: Primary Care Sleep Disorders (2007/ 2014). His books include: The Limits of Dream – A Scientific Exploration of the Mind /Brain Interface (2007), Dreaming and Nightmares (ed.) (2010), and Dream Science – Exploring the Forms of Consciousness (2014).

Approx.250 pages