Mark SolmsThe Neuropsychology of Dreams
A Clinico-anatomical Study
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. The Classical Case Reports of
Charcot-Wilbrand Syndrome. Charcot's Variant of the Charcot-Wilbrand
Syndrome: Cessation or Restriction of Visual Dream-Imagery. Wilbrand's
Variant of the Charcot-Wilbrand Syndrome: Global Cessation of Reduction of
Dreaming. The Neglected Psychosurgical Literature. The Problem of REM
Sleep. Other Abnormalities of Dreaming Described in the Literature. Summary
of Provisional Conclusions and Hypotheses. Description of the Present
Research. The Charcot-Wilbrand Syndrome Reconsidered. Two Patients With
Nonvisual Dreaming. Anatomical Correlates of Nonvisual Dreaming. Clinical
Correlates of Nonvisual Dreaming. Some Incidental Observations on Modal
Specificity. Initial Theoretical Remarks. Anatomical Correlates of Global
Cessation of Dreaming. Are Dreams Generated by Brainstem Mechanisms?
Clinical Correlates of Global Cessation of Dreaming. Further Theoretical
Remarks. Ten Patients With Varying Degrees of Confusion Between Dreams and
Reality. Clinico-Anatomical Correlates of the Confusion Between Dreams and
Reality. Nine Patients With Recurring Nightmares. Clinico-Anatomical
Correlates of Recurring Nightmares. Miscellaneous Observations (Including
Normal Dreaming). Summary of Results and Nosological Conclusions. Final
Theoretical Remarks: A Model of the Normal Dream Process. Appendix:
Glossary of Nosological Terms.