The Chemistry of Conscious States: Toward a Unified Model of the Brain and the Mind

by J. Allan Hobson

Can complex mental states - feeling, thought, memory, fantasy, dreaming - be explained by electro-chemical events in the brain? If so, how? Hobson uses anecdote and example to illustrate his theory that the interplay of the brain's two chemical systems regulates our waking and dreaming lives.

Genres: Neuroscience, Science, Nonfiction, Psychology

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

John Allan Hobson is an American psychiatrist and dream researcher. He is known for his research on rapid eye movement sleep. He is Professor of Psychiatry, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School, and Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.