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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778441103321

Autore

Foulkes David <1935->

Titolo

Children's dreaming and the development of consciousness [[electronic resource] /] / David Foulkes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-674-03716-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii,187p.)

Disciplina

154.63083

Soggetti

Children's dreams

Consciousness

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-181) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Challenging the Assumptions -- 2. How to Study Children’s Dreams -- 3. The Two Studies -- 4. Ages Three to Five -- 5. Ages Five to Nine -- 6. Ages Nine to Fifteen -- 7. Dreaming -- 8. Consciousness -- Appendix:Two Children’s Dream Reports over Time -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This study examines dreaming as we normally understand it, active stories in which the dreamer is an actor. It explores the relationship between dreaming and waking reflective self-awareness and the development of the cognitive processes.