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Title: The Paradox of Sleep: The Story of Dreaming by Michel Jouvet, Laurence Garey ISBN: 0-262-60040-4 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 19 February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 3
Summary: Interesting Hypothesis
Comment: Having completed my thesis on the functions of REM sleep, I have read a great deal in the area of sleep research.

While Jouvet is undoubtedly one of the pioneers in sleep research, this book is less than ground-breaking. Jouvet postulates that the function of REM sleep is to periodically reinforce genetic programs, in order to maintain the functional synaptic circuits responsible for our psychological heredity. Basically, he is saying this "genetic reprogramming" would restore our individuality and diversity within our species, despite a changing environment. The hypothesis presented is rarely acknowledged in current literature on the subject and Jouvet has little to support his hypthesis.

I was left with many more questions than I started with, but that could be good. The translation is mediocre but Jouvet throws in some kind of houty chuckles every once in a while that make it bearable.

If you want to read a very comprehensive, readable and informative book on sleep, I would recommend 'Sleep' by J.Allan Hobson.

Rating: 4
Summary: A magnificent tour de force revealing the human psyche
Comment: This is an excellent work describing the new thought in the scientiic study of sleep. Finally, a work that describes why we see strange situations in our dreams without resorting to mysticism.

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