Dreaming as Delirium

How the Brain Goes Out of Its Mind

J. Allan Hobson

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MIT Press
28 October 1999

Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology; Sleep & dreams; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology

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.

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.

By: J. Allan Hobson
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 226mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9780262581790
ISBN 10: 0262581795
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 28 October 1999
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

J. Allan Hobson is Professor of Psychiatry, Emeritus, at Harvard Medical School. He is the author of The Dreaming Brain- How the Brain Creates Both the Sense and The Nonsense of Dreams, Dreaming as Delirium- How the Brain Goes Out of Its Mind (MIT Press,1999), The Dream Drugstore- Chemically Altered States of Consciousness (MIT Press, 1999, 2001), and other books.

Reviews for Dreaming as Delirium: How the Brain Goes Out of Its Mind

With the patience of a wise, experienced guide [Hobson] weaves together the strands of evidence gathered from a bewildering variety of sources-using very little jargon but many illustrative stories about his own life and the lives of his patients. What emerges isnothing less than the outline of a unified model of the brain and the mind. * The New York Times Book Review *