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An Evolutionary Psychology of Sleep and Dreams
Patrick McNamara
ISBN: 0-275-97875-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97875-4
212 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 12/30/2004
List Price: $95.00 (UK Sterling Price: £65.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Awards:
  • CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles, 2005
Description: Challenging existing claims concerning the functions of Rapid Eye Movement sleep and the purported meaninglessness of dreams, this text offers a complete and up-to-date survey on the anatomy, physiology, ontogeny, and phylogeny of REM sleep as well as the cognitive neuroscience of dream phenomonolgy and dream content. The text underlines the importance of looking at how REM interacts physiologically with NREM sleep, in order to understand the potential functions of REM. The findings support and extend clams that the functions of REM involve memory consolidation and regulation of emotional conflicts and expression.

Analyses of evolutionary relationships include sleep in reptiles, birds, marsupials, and mammals. Chapters explore interactions of REM and NREM and effects of these interactions on anabolic hormone release as well as the effects on dream content, the effects of genes and genomic imprinting on sleep, and theories of dream formation and content.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables and Figures
    Preface
    REM Biology and Evolutionary Theory
    Patterns of REM Expression Across the Lifespan
    Phylogeny of Sleep
    REM-NREM Signaling in Interactions
    REM Sleep and Genetic Conflict
    Theories of REM
    Phenomenology of REM Dreams
    Content of REM Dreams
    Theories of REM Dreams
    Understanding REM
About the Author: PATRICK MCNAMARA is Assistant Professor of Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs New England Health Care System.
LCC Class: 154
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