The Neurocognitive Theory of Dreaming
G. William Domhoff
An open access monograph that treats dreaming as a cognitive process with a specific brain basis, drawing on decades of laboratory and content analysis studies. Answers where, how, when, what and why we dream, with data instead of symbolism.
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