The Paradox of Sleep: The Story of Dreaming

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MIT Press, 1999 - Всего страниц: 211

A world-renowned researcher presents the history of sleep and dream research -- including his own controversial ideas.

Michel Jouvet is perhaps the world's leading sleep and dream researcher. He discovered a mysterious dream state that he called paradoxical sleep. This third category of brain activity (distinct from sleeping and waking) is a state of very deep sleep with some specific motor events, including rapid eye movements (REM). In The Paradox of Sleep, Jouvet takes the reader on a scientific and sociological tour of the history of sleep and dream research, concluding with his own ideas on the function of dreaming.

Jouvet tells the story of a handful of neurobiologists, including himself, who pioneered sleep and dream research in the 1950s. He describes the technical and ideological obstacles they faced and opens his own laboratory to the reader, explaining anatomical, biochemical, and even genetic techniques. He also touches on psychological, philosophical, and metaphysical aspects of sleep and dreaming.

A key section of the book is Jouvet's discussion of why we dream. After summarizing Freud's theory of dreams, he contrasts it with current neurobiological data. Finally, he outlines his own controversial theory about why we dream: to preserve our individuality. Dreaming, claims Jouvet, is necessary for the genetic reprogramming of our brain.

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The Natural History of Dreaming
27
Dream Memories
61
Oneiric Behavior
81
Sleep the Other Side of the Spirit
97
The Functions of Dreaming
111
Is Paradoxical Sleep the Guardian of Psychological
135
Forty Years of Dream Research or The Collapse
159
Glossary
179
Index
197
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Michel Jouvet was born in Lons-le-Saunier, France on November 16, 1925. During World War II, he fought with the French Resistance. He studied anthropology and ethnography before entering medical school at the University of Lyon. He became a neurosurgical resident there in 1951. He received a doctorate in 1956. He became a research director at the French Institute of Health and Medical Research in 1966 and a professor and the director of the department of experimental medicine at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 in 1968. He was a neurophysiologist who discovered the region of the brain that controls rapid eye movement (REM) and who helped define REM sleep as a unique state of consciousness common to humans and animals alike. He wrote several books including The Paradox of Sleep: The Story of Dreaming and the novel The Castle of Dreams. He died on October 3, 2017 at the age of 91.

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