Psychology: states of consciousness

The idea of a disjunctive theory of visual experiences first found expression in J.

This volume explores the relationship between oneiric and historical episodes of atrocity as depicted in transnational twentieth- and twenty-first-century art, film, literature and theatre.

The Dream Frontier is that rare book that makes available the cumulative wisdom of a century's worth of clinical examination of dreams and then reconfigured that wisdom on the basis of research in cognitive neuroscience.

A comprehensive survey of study on the ''flow'' experience, a desirable or optimal state of consciousness that enhances the psychic state.

In A Guide to the World of Dreams, Ole Vedfelt presents an in-depth look at dreams in psychotherapy, counselling and self-help, and offers an overview of current clinical knowledge and scientific research, including contemporary neuroscience.

The Oxford Handbook of Hypnosis is the long overdue successor to Fromm and Nash's Contemporary Hypnosis Research (Guilford Press), which has been regarded as the field's authoritative scholarly reference for over 35 years.

The very idea that the teachings can be mastered will arouse controversy within Buddhist circles.

Questioning Consciousness brings together neuroscientific, psychological and phenomenological research, combining in a readable format recent developments in image research and neurology.

Written by pioneering analyst and creative thinker, James Grotstein, A Beam of Intense Darkness offers a thorough overview and illuminating insight into the often-complex work of W.

This antiquarian volume contains a fascinating treatise on the powers and technique of hypnotising and self-hypnosis.

Das Hauptanliegen ist Frieden.

We all know how important sleep is, but many of us struggle to consistently get enough high-quality rest.

Examines the first theory of consciousness in Western philosophy, dispelling the dogma that consciousness studies begins with Descartes.

Oxford Handbooks offer authoritative and up-to-date surveys of original research in a particular subject area.

Dramatischer kann eine Lebensgeschichte kaum sein.

Ein Buch für Frauen und Männer, in den mittleren bis höheren Lebensjahren, für die die Prostata des Mannes plötzlich und unerwartet ein wichtiges körperliches Thema sein wird.

An in-depth exploration of the interaction between mind and material world, mediated by language, image, and making—in design, the arts, culture, and science.

Why do people find it so difficult to change unwanted habits and behaviours?

Scientific and philosophical perspectives on hallucination: essays that draw on empirical evidence from psychology, neuroscience, and cutting-edge philosophical theory.

We all know how important sleep is, but many of us struggle to consistently get enough high-quality rest.

The purpose of this book is to clarify the function of the symbol and its place at the juncture of psychoanalysis and other social sciences, where the singular and the collective intersect and whose laws are identical.

This important book argues that apres-coup, a concept that has blossomed in French psychoanalytic discourse, not only allows an understanding of how repressed early memories determine adult life, and how human sexuality develops, but also allows for a richer and wider explanation of our mental structures and thinking.

For both students and practicing counselors, this book fills the gaps that exist between many current academic programs and practitioner's needs for focused training on how to better assist clients with dream interpretations.

Do your dreams seem to have as much in common with real life as a funhouse mirror?

Grodner and Reid present the first professional book that attempts to permanently change health behaviors using Ericksonian Hypnotherapy.

Es ist eine Sache theoretisch zu verstehen, wie wir unsere Wirklichkeit zusammensetzen (Teil 1 der Trilogie), aber es ist eine völlig andere Sache, aus der "Konsens-Realität" auszusteigen, die Welt anzuhalten und eine ganz andere zu betreten.

Originally published in Great Britain in 1972 and distilled from the collective wisdom of the great interpreters of dreams - Freud, Jung, Adler, Stekel and Gutheil, among others - this comprehensive key to the baffling language of dream symbolism is a thought-provoking and invaluable guide to the uncharted country of the mind.

Die Handlungen dieses Buches, sind die Gefühle und Worte, meines pubertierenden Bewusstseins.

Some mental events are conscious, some are unconscious.

If you suffer from chronic pain, whether as a result of an injury, illness, or accident, you know it can interfere with every aspect of your life.

Reading the complete works of Sigmund Freud would take more time than most of us have to spare.

The first handbook of its kind to address topics of consciousness from philosophical, anthropological and neuroscientific perspectives.

The history of San Pedro and its uses for healing, creativity, and conscious evolution *; Includes interviews with practicing San Pedro shamans on their rituals, cactus preparations, and teachings on how San Pedro heals the mind and body *; Contains accounts from people who have been healed by San Pedro *; Includes chapters by Eve Bruce, M.

Winner of the 2010 Haskell Norman Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Psychoanalysis!

Dreams, Neuroscience, and Psychoanalysis sets out to give a scientific consistency to the question of time and find out how time determines brain functioning.

How game designers can use the psychological phenomenon of loss aversion to shape player experience.

Dreaming is the cognitive state uniquely experienced by humans and integral to our creativity, the survival characteristic that allows for the rapid change and innovation that defines our species and provides the basis for our art, philosophy, science, and humanity.

The only book to present the international evidence on harms and clinical management of club drugs and novel psychoactive substances.

Originally published in 1986, the emphasis in this book is on dreaming rather than sleeping.

This important book argues that apres-coup, a concept that has blossomed in French psychoanalytic discourse, not only allows an understanding of how repressed early memories determine adult life, and how human sexuality develops, but also allows for a richer and wider explanation of our mental structures and thinking.

An introduction to the psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience of consciousness, including sleep, dreaming, meditative, and altered states.

Art Therapy, Dreams, and Healing: Beyond the Looking Glass synthesizes methods to work with one's dreams through art therapy and introduces the reader to brief creative methods, Gestalt and Jungian experiential methods, and research on lucid dreaming and dream re-entry.

Shows how to apprehend inner experience in high fidelity, demonstrating that such apprehension can be fascinating and of fundamental importance.

Some experiences of the natural world bring a sense of unity, knowledge, self-transcendence, eternity, light, and love.

The phenomenon of consciousness has always been a central question for philosophers and scientists.

Bei Kindern und Jugendlichen mit Intelligenzminderung werden überdurchschnittlich häufig auch psychische Störungen festgestellt.