| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Physical Description |
x, 466 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published in Brazil as O oráculo da noite : A história e a ciência do sonho by Companhia das Letras, São Paulo, in 2019. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"[A] study of the...essential place dreams occupy in human culture, and how they functioned as the catalyst that compelled us to transform our earthly habitat into a human world... Ribeiro... explores the advances that contemporary neuroscience, biochemistry and psychology have made into the connections between sleep, dreams, and learning. He explains what dreams have taught us about the neural basis of memory and the transformation of memory in recall. And he makes clear that the earliest insight into dreams as oracular has been confirmed by contemporary research."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Dreams.
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Dreams -- Physiological aspects.
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Dreams -- History.
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| Alt Author |
Hahn, Daniel, translator.
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| Alternate Title |
Oráculo da noite. English
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