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Sleep paralysis : night-mares, nocebos, and the mind-body connection /

Sleep Paralysis explores a form of nocturnal fright: the "night-mare," or incubus. In its original meaning a night-mare was the nocturnal visit of an evil being that threatened to press the life out of its victim. Today, it is known as sleep paralysis-a state of consciousness between sleep...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Adler, Shelley R., 1963- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, ©2011.
Colección:Studies in medical anthropology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Consistencies : cross-cultural patterns
  • Continuities : a transhistorical bestiary
  • The night-mare on the analyst's couch
  • The night-mare in the sleep lab
  • The night-mare, traditional Hmong culture, and sudden death
  • The night-mare and the nocebo : beliefs that harm.