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Nikia Lyons
PSY 1505
MWF- 2:00pm
4/5/07
The Mind at Night
By: Andrea Rock
The book call "The Mind at Night" by Andrea Rock is about how and why we as humans dream. The
author talks about in her book the different theories and experiments done over time to see what dreaming is
and does the dreams interpret things. It's impossible for scientists to agree on the real definition of dreaming.
Some say that its the creation of hallucinatory narratives complete with characters and a discernable
plotline that occurs primarily
during the period of rest known as rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. This is a
stage where you are close to or approaching the waking stage. The sleeper's eyes move back and forth
behind closed eyelids.
There are other researchers that classify any mental activity that occurs during any stages of sleep as
dreaming, and even some agrue that dreamlike mental processes during waking states, for example
meditation should be included in this definition. The author defines dreaming as a mental experience during
sleep that can be described during waking consciousness.
Andrea breaks down the book basically by the different theories. In 1900, Sigmund Freud's book entitled
"The Interpretation of Dreams", he says that dreams spring from subconscious wishes (primarily sexual and
aggressive desires, which he called it the libidinal drive) that the censoring ego normally suppressed in waking
hours.
Then there was Eugene Aserinsky that had basically discovered the rapid eye movement. Since that
was discovered, that made William Dement interrested in the sleep research. He was beginning to look...
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