| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 296 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-291) and index. |
| Contents |
[Pt.] I. Biologically speaking : an experimental autobiography. Brain birth : a non-immaculate conception -- Brain growth : the illusion and the reality of being -- Brain state : a self-organizing process -- [pt.] II. My experimental nature. The genesis of my experimentalism -- Marginal modes of being -- Experimental social structures -- [pt.] III. The nature of my experiments. Psychoanalysis as thesis -- Brain science as antithesis -- Cognitive neuroscience as synthesis -- [pt.] IV. Experiments of nature. Brain shock -- Brain death -- Heart failure -- Back ache -- Sleep strangulation -- [pt.] V. Implications of my work. Philosophical implications -- Scientific implications -- Dream science and the humanities -- Functional conclusions. |
| Summary |
A pioneer in sleep and dream science surveys his life and work through the lens of dreaming and consciousness. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hobson, J. Allan, 1933-
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Hobson, J. Allan, 1933- |
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Hobson, J. Allan, 1933- |
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Neuroscientists -- Biography.
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Neuroscientists. |
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Biographies.
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| Subject |
Dreams.
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Dreams. |
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Dream interpretation.
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Dream interpretation. |
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Rapid eye movement sleep.
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Rapid eye movement sleep. |
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Consciousness.
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Consciousness. |
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Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hobson, J. Allan, 1933- Dream life. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011 9780262015325 (DLC) 2010030562 (OCoLC)711315286 |
| ISBN |
9780262295598 (electronic book) |
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0262295598 (electronic book) |
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1283119145 |
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9781283119146 |
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9780262015325 |
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0262015323 |
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