The Nature and Functions of Dreaming by Ernest Hartmann (PDF)

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The Nature and Function 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 with these Central Images are not dreams of the traumatic experience itself, but rather the Central Image reveals the emotional response to the experience. Dreams with a potent Central Image, like the tidal wave, vary in intensity along with the severity of the trauma; this pattern was shown quite powerfully in a systematic study of dreams occuring before and after the September 11 attacks in New York. Hartmann’s theory comprises three fundamental elements: dreaming is simply one form of mental functioning, occurring along a continuum from focused waking thought to reverie, daydreaming, and fantasy. Second, dreaming is hyperconnective, linking material more fluidly and making connections that aren’t made as readily in waking thought. Finally, the connections that are made are not random, but rather are guided by the dreamer’s emotions or emotional concerns – and the more powerful the emotion, the more intense the Central Image.

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⭐Hartmann’s book is something any reader interested in an up-to-date vision of dream physiology, psychology and interpretation cannot miss: synthetically worded, short and yet exhaustive, it provides a basic bibliography and reviews all the contributions to the field, giving a clear and cogent outlook on the subject.If any neurophysiology course has a monographic section on dream psychology, this is probably a good idea for a textbook. From neural networks to content analysis, from questionaries to psychological dimensions involved in dream recall, nothing is left out: Mark Solms, Steven Foulkes, Freud, Jung, Robert Van De Castle and William Domhoff, all the names that matter in the field are present and their contributions are weaved together in a series of reasonable observations, conclusions and hypotheses, which really amount to a new, believable theory of the dreaming function.Personally, I shared most of the points of view Hartmann expresses even before reading his work in question, and it is most decidedly a pleasant surprise to find them all explicited so clearly and elegantly in a book, which is also well written and easy to read.Most assuredly impeccable and certainly uncommon for its simple brilliance, I can only recommend it.

⭐Great condition and arrived super fast. Saved money and very happy.

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