Dreams and Visions : How Religious Ideas Emerge in Sleep and Dreams /: How Religious Ideas Emerge in Sleep and Dreams. (2016)
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- Book
- Title:
- Dreams and Visions : How Religious Ideas Emerge in Sleep and Dreams /: How Religious Ideas Emerge in Sleep and Dreams. (2016)
- Main Title:
- Dreams and Visions : How Religious Ideas Emerge in Sleep and Dreams
- Further Information:
- Note: Patrick McNamara Ph.D.
- Authors:
- Ph.D., Patrick McNamara
- Contents:
- Series ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionCaveatsHistory of the Religion–Dreams LinkChapter 1. Dreams That Appear to Yield Direct Perceptual Evidence of a Spirit RealmNightmaresMeeting One's Double in a Dream/NightmareVisitation Dreams and SpiritsLucid Dreaming and Religious ConsciousnessPrecognitive DreamsFalse Awakenings and Sleep Paralysis DreamsREM ParasomniasChapter 2. The Anthropology of Dreams and ReligionChapter 3. Cognitive Processes in Dreams That Produce Religious IdeasCognitive Processes in Dreams That Give Rise to Religious Ideas: Supernatural Agents (SAs)Cognitive Models of AgencyREM Sleep, Emotional Regulation, and Personality TraitsTheory-of-Mind AttributionsREM, Theory of Mind, and the Default NetworkChapter 4. The Neurobiology of REM Is the Core Neurobiology of Religious ExperiencesPGO Waves and the Orienting Reaction (OR)Psychopharmacology of REM Sleep and the Chemistry of Altered States of ConsciousnessOverlap with Neurobiology of ReligiousnessREM intrusion and DaydreamsREM and the Dopamine SystemsREM-Related Computations of Value and SalienceChapter 5. Why REM Sleep May Be a Highly Sensitive Perceptual SystemA Brief Detour into the SensesWeak Signals in DreamsPrecognitive Dreams ReduxTwin Dreams and Weak SignalsIs the Information We Get in Dreams Reliable?Dreamwork, Creativity, and Religious IdeasChapter 6. Religiosity and Dream RecallNon-Dreamers and ReligiositySleep Disorders and ReligiosityDreams in SchizophreniaAutismDreams in the Subgroup ofSeries ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionCaveatsHistory of the Religion–Dreams LinkChapter 1. Dreams That Appear to Yield Direct Perceptual Evidence of a Spirit RealmNightmaresMeeting One's Double in a Dream/NightmareVisitation Dreams and SpiritsLucid Dreaming and Religious ConsciousnessPrecognitive DreamsFalse Awakenings and Sleep Paralysis DreamsREM ParasomniasChapter 2. The Anthropology of Dreams and ReligionChapter 3. Cognitive Processes in Dreams That Produce Religious IdeasCognitive Processes in Dreams That Give Rise to Religious Ideas: Supernatural Agents (SAs)Cognitive Models of AgencyREM Sleep, Emotional Regulation, and Personality TraitsTheory-of-Mind AttributionsREM, Theory of Mind, and the Default NetworkChapter 4. The Neurobiology of REM Is the Core Neurobiology of Religious ExperiencesPGO Waves and the Orienting Reaction (OR)Psychopharmacology of REM Sleep and the Chemistry of Altered States of ConsciousnessOverlap with Neurobiology of ReligiousnessREM intrusion and DaydreamsREM and the Dopamine SystemsREM-Related Computations of Value and SalienceChapter 5. Why REM Sleep May Be a Highly Sensitive Perceptual SystemA Brief Detour into the SensesWeak Signals in DreamsPrecognitive Dreams ReduxTwin Dreams and Weak SignalsIs the Information We Get in Dreams Reliable?Dreamwork, Creativity, and Religious IdeasChapter 6. Religiosity and Dream RecallNon-Dreamers and ReligiositySleep Disorders and ReligiosityDreams in SchizophreniaAutismDreams in the Subgroup of Patients with Parkinson's Disease Who Report Lower Levels of ReligiosityChapter 7. Implications and ConclusionsReligion, Dreams, and MoralityIs Religion an Adaptation?Creating Individuals Who Can Cooperate Over the Long TermEnter ReligionUniversalityEffortless Acquisition of ReligiousnessSpecific BiologyAppendicesAppendix A: A Quick Tour of the Brain Science Relevant for Religion and REM SleepAppendix B: How Scientists Study REM and NREM DreamsAppendix C: Dream Transcripts across a Single Night of SleepAppendix D: Dream Transcripts Scored for Agency ChangesIndex. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- New York : Praeger
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (328 pages)
- Subjects:
- Health & Fitness -- Sleep & Sleep Disorders
Self-Help -- Dreams
Psychology - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9798216076308
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781440847165
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