With a new foreword by the author. In this book, J. Allan Hobson
sets out a compelling -- and controversial -- theory of
consciousness. Our brain-mind, as he calls it, is not a fixed
identity but a dynamic balancing act between the chemical systems
that regulate waking and dreaming. Drawing on his work both as a
sleep researcher and as a psychiatrist, Hobson looks in particular
at the strikingly similar chemical characteristics of the states of
dreaming and psychosis. His underlying theme is that the form of
our thoughts, emotions, dreams, and memories derive from specific
nerve cells and electrochemical impulses described by
neuroscientists. Among the questions Hobson explores are: What are
dreams? Do they have any hidden meaning, or are they simply
emotionally salient images whose peculiar narrative structure
refects the unique neurophysiology of sleep? And what is the
relationship between the delirium of our dream life and
psychosis?
Originally published by Little, Brown under the title "The
Chemistry of Conscious States."
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