In The Mindbrain and Dreams: An Exploration of Dreaming Thinking and Artistic Creation Mark J. Blechner argues that the mind and brain should be understood as a single unit â the mindbrain â which manipulates our raw perceptions of the world and reshapes that world through dreams thoughts and artistic creation. This book explores how dreams are key to understanding mental processes and how working with dreams clinically with individuals and groups provides an essential route towards achieving transformation within the psychoanalytic process. Covering such key topics as knowledge emotion metaphor and memory this book sets out a radical new agenda for understanding the importance of dreams in human thought and their clinical importance in psychoanalysis. Blechner builds on his previous work and takes it much further drawing on the latest neuroscientific findings to set out a new way of how the mindbrain constructs reality while providing guidance on how best to help people understand their dreams. The Mindbrain and Dreams: An Exploration of Dreaming Thinking and Artistic Creation will appeal to psychologists psychoanalysts philosophers and cognitive neuroscientists who want new ways to explore how people think and understand the world. . Language: English