Dreaming-轻识

What is dreaming, and what causes it? Why are dreams so strange and why are they so hard to remember? Replacing dream mystique with modern dream science, J. Allan Hobson provides a new and increasingly complete picture of how dreaming is created by the brain. Focusing on dreaming to explain the mechanisms of sleep, this book explores how the new science of dreaming is affecting theories in psychoanalysis, and how it is helping our understanding of the causes of mental illness. J. Allan Hobson investigates his own dreams to illustrate and explain some of the fascinating discoveries of modern sleep science, while challenging some of the traditionally accepted theories about the meaning of dreams. He reveals how dreaming maintains and develops the mind, why we go crazy in our dreams in order to avoid doing so when we are awake, and why sleep is not just good for health but essential for life.

J. 艾伦·霍布森，哈佛医学院精神病学教授，1988年睡眠研究学会杰出科学家奖获得者，主要致力于研究思想和行为的神经生理学基础、睡眠与梦、神经病学和精神病学史，其大多数近作集中于讨论睡眠的认知特征和益处。他著有（或与人合著）多部作品：《做梦的大脑》（1988），《睡眠》（1995），《意识》（1999），《梦如谵妄：大脑如何变得疯狂》（1999），《梦药房》（2001），以及《梦的新解：睡眠科学导论》（2002）等。

韩芳，北京大学人民医院呼吸科及睡眠中心副主任医师，硕士研究生导师，中国睡眠研究会副理事长，中华医学会呼吸疾病分会青年委员、睡眠学组秘书。主要研究方向为睡眠呼吸障碍的发病机制、发作性睡病的遗传基因，在国内外发表睡眠方面的文章80余篇。