The Mind in Sleep: Psychology and Psychophysiology

Provides a comprehensive history and critical account of sleep mentation research since the introduction of electrographic techniques. The book examines the activity of the mind during sleep, and also scrutinizes methodological issues of importance to the field.
The volume has been designed to provide a comprehensive history and critical account of sleep mentation research since the introduction of electrographic techniques. Written by leading experts, the book not only examines the activity of the mind during sleep but also scrutinizes methodological issues of key importance to the field. It looks at the relationships between physiological and mental events as brought to light by electrographic and other controlled studies of sleep mentation. Chapters are devoted to critical reviews of REM deprivation studies, the relationships between sustained and short-lived physiological conditions and sleep mentation, and clinical phenomena such as sleep-talking, nightmares and night-terrors.