Psychodynamic Neurology Dreams, Consciousness, and Virtual Reality

Psychodynamic Neurology: Dreams, Consciousness, and Virtual Realty presents a novel way of thinking about the value of dreaming, based in solid comprehension of scientific research on sleep and dreams, but with deep understanding of psychoanalytic and other interpretations of dreams.

This book:

• Surveys the remarkable history of sleep research over the past few decades
• Examines the neurobiology of sleep and its implications for consciousness and well-being
• Addresses the nature of waking and dreaming consciousness and how they are deeply related
• Presents the neurogenesis, function, and clinical importance of a brain-based dream theory

Our dreams are a mixture of anticipated virtual as well as remembered real experience. This book tells the story of how neuroscience has helped us reach this startling and exciting conclusion and how the new scientific model builds upon and departs from the dream theories of the past.

Historical Background: The Mind-Brain Schism of 1900. Neurological Development: Sleep and Dream Science. Lucid Dreaming: Splitting Primary and Secondary Consciousness. Hypnosis: Entering The Brain-Mind via the Brain Stem Cellar. Let There Be Light: Information Creation and Management. Central Heating: Keeping Warm While Dreaming. Religion and Sexuality: A Civil War in the Brain-Mind. The Psychodynamic Ego: An Epigenetic Self. The Transcendental Ego: Art and Science of the Brain-Mind. Instincts and Emotions: Ethology of the Brain-Mind. Psychopathology: Dysfunction of the Brain-Mind. Memory: Epigenetic and Experiential Aspects. Post-Freudian Revisions: Further Attacks on Psychoanalysis and Alternative Models. Altered States: Toward a Science of the Brain-Mind. Brain-Mind Dream Interpretation: A New Project for Scientific Psychology.