NIGHTMARES: THE SCIENCE AND SOLUTION OF THOSE FRIGHTENING VISIONS DURING SLEEP

Book ID/图书代码： 05410008B22833

English Summary/英文概要： We’ve nearly all been there--awakened with a pounding heart by frightening scenes that seem real, but were conjured up and existed only in the sleeping mind. Nightmares affect people across countries and cultures, with some 10 percent of the world’s population reporting recurrent nightmares. Parents have reported, and science has recorded, nightmares in children as young as 18 months. Up to 40 percent of children aged 2 to 12 experience nightmares, as do some 35 percent of veterans and 50 percent of adults with chronic illness. With this book, a psychologist widely known in his field shows how nightmares evolved and were useful to ancestral populations, and why nightmares may carry beneficial functional effects even today for people who suffer from the pulse-pumping dreams. McNamara brings us up to date on the biology of a nightmare and what, specifically, happens in the brain during the event. He also explains the history and development of nightmares and likely causes, including traumatic events, psychological and physical disorders, and commonly consumed medications. Many examples of nightmares are presented and explained. The content of nightmares is given unusually detailed attention, and the latest science on nightmares is succinctly reviewed. Tables in every chapter summarize existing findings and conclusions on nightmares, and strategies for dealing with nightmares are described. In this novel view, McNamara shows why, rather than being harmful, nightmares can be a helpful adaptive system. The special theme of "spirit possession," which frequently occurs in nightmares, is discussed and related to similar themes in horror movies and horror fiction.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 几乎每个人都从恐怖的梦境中惊醒的经历。噩梦的影响是超越国界和文化的，全球有10%的人口一直受噩梦的困扰。根据父母观察和科学记录，18个月大的婴儿就会做噩梦。2岁到12岁的儿童中，近4成有过噩梦的经历；同样受困扰的还有35%的退伍军人和半数的成年慢性病患者。在本书中，知名心理学家解释噩梦的进化过程及其对人类祖先的益处，进一步说明为何噩梦在今日仍有正面影响。麦克纳马拉用生物知识剖析噩梦，详细展示了大脑在噩梦时的一系列活动。同时详述了噩梦的历史发展，以及可能的成因，包括创伤性事件、心理和生理紊乱、常用的医疗手段。案例丰富，说明详细。噩梦的内容得到充分的研究，在此领域的科研成果也受到简单回顾。每个章节的表格总结了噩梦研究中存在的发现和得出的结论，并给出各类型噩梦的应对手段。麦克纳马拉从全新的视角，验证了噩梦是一套有益的自适应系统，绝非有害。“精神控制”这个特殊主题也在书中得到探讨，并且与恐怖电影和恐怖小说的相似主题关联。(兼职翻译-LY)

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About the Author/作者介绍： PATRICK MCNAMARA is Director of the Evolutionary Neurobehavior Laboratory at VA New England Health Care System and Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine. He is also Series Editor for the Praeger series Brain, Behavior, and Evolution. McNamara is trained in Neurocognitive Science. He is a member of the Sleep Research Society and the Association for the Study of Dreams. He is currently researching problems of the evolution and phylogeny of REM and NREM sleep states.
帕特里克·麦克纳马拉是进化神经行为实验室的主管，波士顿大学医学院神经病学系副教授。同时担任普雷格出版社《大脑、行为、进化》系列丛书的编辑。麦克纳马拉曾学习神经认知学。是睡眠研究学会和梦境研究协会成员。现正研究快速眼动睡眠（REM）和非快速眼动睡眠（NREM）的进化和发展问题。

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