The Neuropsychology of Dreams

Mark Solms

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.