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Lays out the goals and structure of the book whose aim is to establish a new brain-based approach to the science of dreaming and waking consciousness.
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Hobson, J.A. (2014). Introduction. In: Tranquillo, N. (eds) Dream Consciousness. Vienna Circle Institute Library, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07296-8_1
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