Am I Dreaming?
The New Science of Consciousness, and How Altered States Reboot the Brain
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2019
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Atlantic Books (Verlag)
978-1-78649-550-1 (ISBN)
Atlantic Books (Verlag)
978-1-78649-550-1 (ISBN)
A scientific travel guide to altered states of consciousness - and what we can learn from them
When a computer goes wrong, we are told to turn it off and on again. In Am I Dreaming?, science journalist James Kingsland reveals how the human brain is remarkably similar. By rebooting our hard-wired patterns of thinking - through so-called 'altered states of consciousness' - we can gain new perspectives into ourselves and the world around us.
From shamans in Peru to tech workers in Silicon Valley, Kingsland provides a fascinating tour through lucid dreams, mindfulness, hypnotic trances, virtual reality and drug-induced hallucinations. An eye-opening insight into perception and consciousness, this is also a provocative argument for how altered states can significantly boost our mental health.
When a computer goes wrong, we are told to turn it off and on again. In Am I Dreaming?, science journalist James Kingsland reveals how the human brain is remarkably similar. By rebooting our hard-wired patterns of thinking - through so-called 'altered states of consciousness' - we can gain new perspectives into ourselves and the world around us.
From shamans in Peru to tech workers in Silicon Valley, Kingsland provides a fascinating tour through lucid dreams, mindfulness, hypnotic trances, virtual reality and drug-induced hallucinations. An eye-opening insight into perception and consciousness, this is also a provocative argument for how altered states can significantly boost our mental health.
James Kingsland is a science journalist with more than 25 years' experience working for publications including New Scientist and Nature. Most recently he was a commissioning editor and Science Production Editor for the Guardian. He is the author of Siddhartha's Brain: Unlocking the Ancient Science of Enlightenment.
1: Magical Thinking 2: Dream On 3: Holidays from Reality 4: Puppets on a String 5: Wonder Child 6: Mother Ayahuasca 7: Death of the Ego 8: The Wonderful Lightness of Being 9: The Void Between Dreams
Erscheinungsdatum | 02.08.2019 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 150 x 225 mm |
Gewicht | 530 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften | |
Medizin / Pharmazie | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78649-550-3 / 1786495503 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78649-550-1 / 9781786495501 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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