Understanding Sleep and Dreaming

by William H. Moorcroft, P. Belcher (Assistant)

Designed primarily as a text this volume is an up-to-date and integrated overview of physiological sleep mechanisms, brain function, psychological ramifications of sleep, dimensions of dreaming, and clinical disorders associated with sleep. It is accessibly written with specially boxed material that enhances the text. Authored by a researcher/clinician/professor with more than 25 years of experience in sleep studies, Understanding Sleep and Dreaming provides a solid basis for those who are not expert in this area. It offers a good foundation for those who will continue sleep studies, while at the same time offering enough information for those who will apply this knowledge in other ways such as clinicians in their individual practices or researchers for whom sleep may be part of a specific study. It is an excellent text for courses on sleep at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Genres: Nonfiction, Psychology, Science

356 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Moxette]

For my PSY-230 class

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was used as a textbook when I was in university (psychology BA) and I really enjoyed it. That was over 10 years ago so the information since then has undoubtably changed a bit (new studies, theories, etc). It is meant as an academic book which studies the physiological aspects of sleep and the role of dreams, not a look at dream interpretation like teeth falling out in dreams represents loss or dreams about waves represent your emotional self or anything … mystic (?) like that.

[Linda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Packed with information, but explanations were a little hard to follow. Very bio-oriented.

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting information but poorly organized and very poorly edited. Technical errors everywhere.