Exploring Our Dreams

Paul R. Robbins has held a number of research positions in the Department of Psychiatry at George Washington University Medical School, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the Public Health Service. He has published numerous papers in psychological and psychiatric journals, many books on psychology topics for general readers (and several novels). He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. What Science TellsAbout Our Dreams1. The Nature of Dreaming2. Dreaming and the Brain3. Dream Recall, Dreaming in Color and More4. The Sources of Dreams and the Experience of Lucid Dreaming5. The Content of Dreams, Theories About Dreams and Dreams That Recur6. Gender and Age Differences in Dreams7. Bizarre Dreams and Dreams and Mental Illness8. Anxiety Dreams, Nightmares and Night Terrors9. Positive Effects from Dreams on Emotions and Problem Solving10. Message and Predictive DreamsPart II. What Dreams May TellAbout Ourselves11. Comparing Your Dreams with the Dreams of Others12. The Approach to Dream Analysis of Sigmund Freud13. Dream Analysis According to Carl Gustav Jung14. Dream Dictionaries15. The Dream Incident Technique: An Experimental Approach to Using Dream Associations16. Some Final Thoughts About DreamsNotes and Sources Index

“A concise text covering basic concepts, theories, and research findings related to dream psychology...written in an easy to read, conversational tone, this book is easily accessible to the general reader...recommended”—Choice