This is Why You Dream

In this pioneering book, bestselling neurosurgeon Rahul Jandial delves into the dreaming brain and shares stories from his own practice to show the astonishing impact that dreams have on our waking life. He explains how dreaming of an exam might help you score up to 20% higher, why taking a long nap could make you better at problem-solving, and even that certain dream disorders can warn you of serious diseases like Parkinson’s years ahead of other symptoms. He offers clear and compelling advice, backed by new research, to become a lucid dreamer, understand your dreaming patterns and unleash their creative power.

Sharing the very latest discoveries in modern neuroscience, This Is Why You Dream provides answers to some fundamental questions: Why do we dream? How do we dream? What do dreams mean? And perhaps, most importantly, do we sleep in order to dream?

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'Completely transformed my way of thinking about dreams' - Jay Shetty
'A journey through neuroscience, neurochemistry, magic, mystery … a fantastic read' - Dr Rangan Chatterjee
'Transformational' - Julia Samuel
'Elegantly lifts the curtain on the dreamscape territory' - David Eagleman