In search of dreams
Subtitle: results of experimental dream research
By: Inge Strauch and Barbara Meier ; foreword by David Foulkes.
Contributors: Meier, Barbara.
Series: SUNY series in dream studies
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Translation of: Träumen auf der Spur
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Dreams.; Dream interpretation.
Description: This book presents an overview of the methods and results of laboratory dream research: the collection of dreams under various conditions; different methods of dream evaluation; physiological and psychological factors of dream recall; memory sources of dreams; and dreams in different sleep stages.

The main focus is to describe the phenomenology of dreams. What are the common features of dreaming with regard to images, thoughts, and emotions? Where does the dream take place and who enters the dream "theatre"? In what kinds of scenarios do dreamers find themselves? The authors' evidence is based on dreams collected in their sleep laboratory. Results of analysis of 500 REM dreams are discussed with reference to sex differences, children's dreams, and waking fantasies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-248) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Preface and Acknowledgments; label: 1.
title: An Approach to the Subject of Dreams; title: What Features Make Dreams Particularly Interesting?; title: Defining a Dream; title: "Avenues" to the Dream; title: Historical Development of Dream Research; label: 2.
title: Methods of Dream Sampling; title: Collecting Spontaneously Remembered Dreams; title: Eliciting Dreams by Awakening; title: Dreams Collected in the Laboratory; title: Experimental Impact on Dreams; label: 3.
title: Methods of Dream Evaluation; title: Evaluating Formal Dream Characteristics; title: Determining Content and Qualitative Dream Attributes; title: Reliability of Dream Evaluation; label: 4.
title: Recalling Dreams; title: Physiological Elements of Dream Recall; title: Psychological Elements of Dream Memory; title: Qualities of Dream Memory; title: Complexity of Dream Memory; label: 5.
title: The Language of Dreams; title: Perceptions in Dreams; title: Thinking in Dreams; title: Emotions in Dreams; title: The Bizarre in Dreams; label: 6.
title: The Content of Dreams; title: Variety of Dream Contents; title: The Role of the Dreamer; title: Dream Scenarios; label: 7.
title: Dreams in Different Sleep Stages; title: Dreams During Sleep Onset; title: Non-REM Dreaming; title: REM Dreams; title: Similarities and Differences; label: 8.
title: Sources of Dreams; title: Temporal References in Dreams; title: Impact of Pre-Sleep Experiences on the Dream; title: Stimulus Incorporation into Dreams; label: 9.
title: Dreamers and Their Worlds; title: Children's Dreams; title: 'Female' and 'Male' Dreams; label: 10.
title: Dreams and Waking: A Continuity; title: Interrelatedness of Dreams of the Same Night; title: Waking Fantasies and Dreams; title: Awake and Dreaming: Individual Continuity; label: 11.
title: In Search of Dreams: A Summing Up; title: Bibliography; title: Index