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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Adler, Shelley R., 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, ©2011.
Series:Studies in medical anthropology.
Subjects:
Nightmares.
Sleep disorders.
Mind and body.
Dreams
Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical
Sleep Wake Disorders
Cauchemars.
Troubles du sommeil.
PSYCHOLOGY > General.
Mind and body
Nightmares
Sleep disorders
Sömnstörningar.
Kropp och själ.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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