Pagel The Limits of Dream

A Scientific Exploration of the Mind / Brain Interface
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-08-055960-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Web PDF

The Limits of Dream focuses on what we currently know of the human central nervous system (CNS), examining the basic sciences of neurochemisty, neuroanatomy, and CNS electrophysiology as these sciences apply to dream, then reaching beyond basic science to examine the cognitive science of dreaming including the processes of memory, the perceptual interface, and visual imagery. Building on what is known of intrapersonal CNS processing, the book steps outside the physical body to explore artificially created dreams and their use in filmmaking, art and story, as well as the role of dreaming in creative process and creative 'madness.” The limits of our scientific knowledge of dream frame this window that can be used to explore the border between body and mind. What is known scientifically of the cognitive process of dreaming will lead the neuroscientist, the student of cognitive science, and the general reader down different paths than expected into an exploration of the fuzzy and complex horizon between mind and brain.
* The clearest presentation of research and philosophy currently available relating to the mind/brain interface
* Discusses the cognitive processes of dreaming utilized in film and artificial intelligence
* Describes the functioning of dream in the creative process

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pagel, Md

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;The Limits of Dream: A Scientific Exploration of the Mind/Brain Interface;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Contents;8
5;Acknowledgments;14
6;Preface;16
7;Chapter 1 Introduction;18
7.1;Body/Mind;19
7.2;Dreams as Windows;19
7.3;But, Is REM Sleep Dreaming?;21
7.4;The Event Horizon;22
7.5;The Limits of Dream;25
8;SECTION 1 Definitions and the Search for Truth;28
8.1;Chapter 2 Mind/Plato's Cave;30
8.1.1;Descartes;32
8.1.2;Limits of the Cartesian Perspective;33
8.1.3;What is Mind?;34
8.2;Chapter 3 A Dream can be Gazpacho;38
8.2.1;Definitions;39
9;SECTION 2 The Biological Substrate of Dream;44
9.1;Chapter 4 The Neuroanatomy of Dreaming;46
9.1.1;The Neuroanatomy of REMS;47
9.1.2;The Neuropathology of Dreaming;48
9.1.3;The Neuroanatomy of Dreaming;49
9.2;Chapter 5 The Neurochemistry of Dreaming;52
9.2.1;REMS Neurochemistry;55
9.2.2;Medications Affecting Sleep;55
9.2.3;Medications Affecting Dreaming;59
9.2.4;Primary Neurotransmitters Affecting Sleep and Dreaming;59
9.2.5;Neurotransmitter Modulating Systems;61
9.2.6;Dreaming and Nightmares: Neurotransmitter Systems;62
9.2.7;Agents Affecting Conscious Interaction with the Environment Anesthetics;62
9.2.8;Agents Affecting Host Defense;63
9.2.9;The Neurochemistry of Dreams and Nightmares;63
9.3;Chapter 6 The Electrophysiology of Dreaming;65
9.3.1;The EEG;66
9.3.2;Functional Roles for CNS Electrical Fields;67
9.3.3;Evidence for a Functioning Extracellular Electrical System in the CNS;72
9.3.4;The Electrophysiology of Dreams;74
9.4;Chapter 7 The Complexity of Dreams: Neural networks and Consciousness;76
9.4.1;Biological Applications of Neural Net Theories;78
9.4.2;The Dreams of Neural Networks;78
9.4.3;Complexity of the Biologic System;79
9.4.4;The Limits of Dream;79
10;SECTION 3 Studying the Cognitive Substrate of Dreaming;82
10.1;Chapter 8 Dreams and Sleep: The Substrate Hypothesis;84
10.1.1;Dream Recall in Insomnia;85
10.1.2;Insomnia and Nightmare Recall Frequency;89
10.1.3;The Association Between Sleep and Mind;90
10.2;Chapter 9 Dreaming and Memory;92
10.2.1;Memory and Dreams;93
10.2.2;Imagery and Intrinsic Memory;93
10.2.3;Dream Recall;95
10.2.4;Dream content;96
10.2.5;EveryDay Memory and Mind;97
10.2.6;Dream Use;98
10.2.7;Memory and Mind;99
10.3;Chapter 10 The Brain/Computer Interface;100
10.3.1;Intelligence;100
10.3.2;Artificial Intelligence;100
11;SECTION 4 The Cognitive Process of Dreaming;106
11.1;Chapter 11 Emotions and Dream;108
11.1.1;Frightening Dreams;109
11.1.2;Emotions and Dreaming;112
11.1.3;Emotions and Mind;113
11.1.4;Emotional Dreaming;114
11.2;Chapter 12 Exploring the Visual interface;115
11.2.1;Visual Consciousness;115
11.2.2;The Visual Representation of Space;116
11.2.3;Imagery;118
11.2.4;Dream Imagery;120
11.2.5;Artificial Dream Imagery – Filmmaking;122
11.2.6;Visual Components of Dreaming;122
11.3;Chapter 13 Thinking and Dreaming;124
11.3.1;Thinking in Dreams;125
11.3.2;Bizarreness in Dreams;127
11.3.3;Associative Thought in Dreams;127
11.3.4;The Neurological Basis of Thought;128
11.3.5;Thinking and the Mind;129
12;SECTION 5 The Cognitive Organization of Dreaming;132
12.1;What we know;132
12.2;The Formal Structure of Dreaming;133
12.3;Chapter 14 Hallucinations and Dreams;134
12.3.1;Dream-Like Phenomena;136
12.3.2;Parasomnias and Unusual Dreams;137
12.3.3;Are Dreams Hallucinations?;138
12.4;Chapter 15 Dreaming and Storytelling;140
12.4.1;The Narrative Structure of Thought;140
12.4.2;The Mythic Structure of Story;142
12.4.3;Dreams in Literature;143
12.4.4;Dreams in Screenplay;143
12.4.5;The Limits of Dream Imagery;144
12.4.6;The Power of the Story;145
12.5;Chapter 16 Film: The Projected Dream;148
12.5.1;Moving Pictures;149
12.5.2;The Visual Language of Film;150
12.5.3;Visual Imagery and Film;151
12.5.4;Apparatus Theory;152
12.5.5;Film Theory;153
13;SECTION 6 Functional uses for Dreaming;156
13.1;Chapter 17 Creativity;158
13.1.1;The Gestalt of Creativity;159
13.1.2;The Creative Personality;160
13.1.3;Psychoanalytic Creativity;160
13.1.4;Creativity as Divergent Thinking;161
13.1.5;The Disorder of Creativity;161
13.1.6;Dreaming Creatively;162
13.2;Chapter 18 Non-dreaming or the Use of Dreams in Creativity;164
13.2.1;Creativity in the Sleep Laboratory;165
13.2.2;Dream Use and Creative Interest;167
13.2.3;Non-dreamers;168
13.3;Chapter 19 Dream use by Filmmakers;171
13.3.1;Screenwriters and Their Use of Dreams;173
13.3.2;Scriptwriting: The Dream-Like Process;175
13.3.3;Incubating a Screenplay;175
13.3.4;Dream Use by Directors;176
13.3.5;Dream Use by Actors;177
13.3.6;Sundance Interviews: Actors;177
13.3.7;Sundance Questionnaire Responses: Actors;178
13.3.8;Summary;178
13.4;Chapter 20 Dreaming and Artists;180
13.4.1;Dream Use in Creativity: Psychopathology;181
13.4.2;Creativity and Dreaming;182
13.4.3;Borders of Mind;183
14;SECTION 7 Models of Mind and Brain;186
14.1;Chapter 21 Models of Mind = Brain;188
14.1.1;Transmission-Line Neuro-Processing;189
14.1.2;AIM;189
14.1.3;Alternative Monist Theories;193
14.1.4;Problems with Monists;194
14.2;Chapter 22 Mind not Brain: The Cartesian Psychoanalyst;197
14.2.1;Diseases of the Mind: The Psychoanalytic Approach;198
14.2.2;The Limitations of Psychoanalysis in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychiatric Illness;199
14.2.3;Psychoanalysis and the Structure of Mind;201
14.2.4;Cartesian Psychoanalysis;202
14.2.5;The Psychoanalytic Perspective of Mind;202
14.2.6;The Cartesian Psychoanalyst;205
14.3;Chapter 23 Viewing the Border Between Brain and Mind: A Modified Cartesian Perspective;206
14.3.1;Modified Cartesian Models;208
14.3.2;Visualizing the Mind/Brain Border;209
14.3.3;Dreaming Across the Border;211
14.4;Chapter 24 The Limits of Dream;212
14.4.1;Brain-Based Correlates of Mind;214
14.4.2;Mind-Based Cognitive Processes;215
14.4.3;The Limits of Knowledge: Borders;217
15;References;220
16;Index;246
16.1;A;246
16.2;B;246
16.3;C;246
16.4;D;247
16.5;E;247
16.6;F;247
16.7;G;248
16.8;H;248
16.9;I;248
16.10;J;248
16.11;K;248
16.12;L;248
16.13;M;249
16.14;N;249
16.15;O;249
16.16;P;249
16.17;Q;250
16.18;R;250
16.19;S;250
16.20;T;251
16.21;U;251
16.22;V;251
16.23;W;251
16.24;Y;251
16.25;Z;251