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03278aam a2200469 i 4500 001 92F68C72FFE911EBB6EAFDEE22ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210818010020 008 201006s2021 nyuaf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020044675 020 $a 1524746908 020 $a 9781524746902 035 $a (OCoLC)1200037413 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d OCO $d OQX $d OCLCO $d IOU $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h por 042 $a pcc 082 00 $a 612.8/21 $2 23 100 1 $a Ribeiro, Sidarta, $e author. 240 10 $a OraÌculo da noite. $l English 245 14 $a The oracle of night : $b the history and science of dreams / $c Sidarta Ribeiro ; translated from the Portuguese by Daniel Hahn. 246 30 $a History and science of dreams 250 $a First American edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Pantheon Books, $c [2021] 300 $a x, 466 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 25 cm 500 $a Originally published in Brazil as O oraÌculo da noite : A histoÌria e a cieÌncia do sonho by Companhia das Letras, SaÌo Paulo, in 2019. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-436) and index. 520 $a "What is a dream? Why do we dream? How do our bodies and minds use dreams? These questions are the starting point for this unprecedented, astonishing study of the role and significance of dreams, from the beginning of human history. It is an investigation on the grand scale, encompassing literature, anthropology, religion, and science, one that articulates the essential place dreams occupy in human culture, and how they functioned as the catalyst that compelled us to transform our earthly habitat into a human world. From the earliest cave paintings--where the author finds a key to humankind's first dreams and how they contributed to our capacity to perceive past and future, and to conceive the existence of "souls" and "spirits"--to cutting-edge scientific research, Ribeiro arrives at startling and revolutionary conclusions about the role of dreams in human existence and evolution. He explores the advances that contemporary neuroscience, biochemistry and psychology have made into the connections between sleep, dreams, and learning. He explains what dreams have taught us about the neural basis of memory and the transformation of memory in recall. And he makes clear that the earliest insight into dreams as oracular has been confirmed by contemporary research. Accessible, authoritative, and fascinating from first to last, The Oracle of Night gives us a wholly new way to understand this most basic of human experiences"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Dreams. 650 0 $a Dreams $x Physiological aspects. 650 0 $a Dreams $x History. 655 7 $a Instructional and educational works. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Hahn, Daniel, $e translator. 941 $a 7 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240524011258.0 952 $l FGPD194 $d 20240515012340.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117014209.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010024011.0 952 $l WBPB115 $d 20230209023922.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20211002010402.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210818010305.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=92F68C72FFE911EBB6EAFDEE22ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search