Ernest Hartmann
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- January 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199751778
- eISBN:
- 9780199863419
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199751778.001.0001
- Subject:
- Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology
This book presents a theory of dreaming based on many years of psychological and biological research. Critical to this theory is the concept of a Central Image; this book describes his repeated ...
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This book presents a theory of dreaming based on many years of psychological and biological research. Critical to this theory is the concept of a Central Image; this book 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 occurring before and after the September 11 attacks in New York. This book'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.Less
This book presents a theory of dreaming based on many years of psychological and biological research. Critical to this theory is the concept of a Central Image; this book 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 occurring before and after the September 11 attacks in New York. This book'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.
Amir Raz and Cory Harris (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199680702
- eISBN:
- 9780191760679
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199680702.001.0001
- Subject:
- Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology
This book integrates perspectives from medicine, the social sciences, and beyond to explore the many facets and impacts of placebos in the twenty-first century. The chapter authors build on a broad ...
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This book integrates perspectives from medicine, the social sciences, and beyond to explore the many facets and impacts of placebos in the twenty-first century. The chapter authors build on a broad yet cohesive body of evidence to examine placebos and placebo effects as they exist not only in clinical practice and research but also in education, government, industry, media, culture, and everyday life. The book first discusses placebos in the context of clinical trials and drug regulations, sub-therapeutic doses and psychiatry, ethics and deceptions, trust and the doctor–patient relationship, and medical training. The book then transitions to social, cultural, and ethnographic perspectives on the evidence and origins of placebo effects. The third section of the book applies concepts of placebo to the study of food and diet, memories, sex, and politics. This book expands reductionist interpretations to reconstitute placebos as a promising therapeutic tool, a bourgeoning field of study, and a rich framework for interdisciplinary investigation.Less
This book integrates perspectives from medicine, the social sciences, and beyond to explore the many facets and impacts of placebos in the twenty-first century. The chapter authors build on a broad yet cohesive body of evidence to examine placebos and placebo effects as they exist not only in clinical practice and research but also in education, government, industry, media, culture, and everyday life. The book first discusses placebos in the context of clinical trials and drug regulations, sub-therapeutic doses and psychiatry, ethics and deceptions, trust and the doctor–patient relationship, and medical training. The book then transitions to social, cultural, and ethnographic perspectives on the evidence and origins of placebo effects. The third section of the book applies concepts of placebo to the study of food and diet, memories, sex, and politics. This book expands reductionist interpretations to reconstitute placebos as a promising therapeutic tool, a bourgeoning field of study, and a rich framework for interdisciplinary investigation.
Conditional Reasoning
Conflict
Emotions and the Body
Empiricism and Language Learnability
Psychology and the Other
Working Memory, Thought, and Action
