Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface and Acknowledgments
1. An Approach to the Subject of Dreams
What Features Make Dreams Particularly Interesting? Defining a Dream "Avenues" to the Dream Historical Development of Dream Research
2. Methods of Dream Sampling
Collecting Spontaneously Remembered Dreams Eliciting Dreams by Awakening Dreams Collected in the Laboratory Experimental Impact on Dreams
3. Methods of Dream Evaluation
Evaluating Formal Dream Characteristics Determining Content and Qualitative Dream Attributes Reliability of Dream Evaluation
4. Recalling Dreams
Physiological Elements of Dream Recall Psychological Elements of Dream Memory Qualities of Dream Memory Complexity of Dream Memory
5. The Language of Dreams
Perceptions in Dreams Thinking in Dreams Emotions in Dreams The Bizarre in Dreams
6. The Content of Dreams
Variety of Dream Contents The Role of the Dreamer Dream Scenarios
7. Dreams in Different Sleep Stages
Dreams During Sleep Onset Non-REM Dreaming REM Dreams Similarities and Differences
8. Sources of Dreams
Temporal References in Dreams Impact of Pre-Sleep Experiences on the Dream Stimulus Incorporation into Dreams
9. Dreamers and Their Worlds
Children's Dreams 'Female' and 'Male' Dreams
10. Dreams and Waking: A Continuity
Interrelatedness of Dreams of the Same Night Waking Fantasies and Dreams Awake and Dreaming: Individual Continuity
11. In Search of Dreams: A Summing Up
Bibliography
Index
