Nature and Functions of Dreaming

by Ernest Hartmann

Book Overview

The Nature and Functions of Dreaming presents a comprehensive theory of dreaming based on many years of psychological and biological research by Ernest Hartmann and others. Critical to this theory is the concept of a Central Image; in this volume, Hartmann describes his repeated finding that dreams of being swept away by a tidal wave are common among people who have recently experienced a trauma of some kind - a fire, an attack, or a rape. Dreams...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019936284X
• ISBN13: 9780199362844
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"