Sleeping and Dreaming

by Helga Raulff (Editor), Helga Raulff (Editor), Michael Dorrmann (Editor)

"Sleeping and Dreaming", which accompanies the exhibition of the same name at Wellcome Collection and the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum,Dresden, takes a fresh look at the apparently simple questions of why humans need to sleep and dream, and what happens to our brain and body during sleep. These fascinating lines of enquiry are explored by international experts from backgrounds as varied as neuroscience, linguistics, psychoanalysis, philosophy and fiction writing; and from organisations including the Centre for Sleep Science at the University of Regensburg, the Sigmund Freud Institute in Frankfurt, and the Royal School of Medicine in London. Illustrated by a stunning variety of visual material, from Luis Bunuel's Un Chien Andalou, to sculpture by Ron Mueck and Katharina Fritsch, to photographs documenting US DJ Peter Tripp's 1959 no-sleep marathon, these essays cover subjects such as the relationship between dream frequency and memory, the interpretation of dreams, and the causes and effects of sleep deprivation.

Genres: Nonfiction

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 8, 2007

Reviews

[Stefania Delprete · Rating 4 out of 5]

I multi-faced journey on the real of sleeping and dreaming.
I dream a lot and I enjoyed learning about the understanding of our brain, mind and more through history, and the variety of experiments and artworks to express these still quite mysterious topics.