Sleep Scientist Antonio Zadra on "When Brains Dream: Exploring the Science and Mystery of Sleep."

<p>Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast, episode #104.</p> <p><a href='https://youtu.be/fPOVTSAb1TM'>Watch this interview on YouTube here. </a></p> <p>Our guest today came to me when I was referred to his book on one of my neuro-coaching training calls with Mark Robert Waldman<a href='#_edn1'>[i]</a>, from episode #30 when I asked a question that was sent to me from a close friend from the UK, on dreams.  Mark Waldman told me that he was anxiously awaiting the NEW book, <em>When Brains Dream: Exploring the Science and Mystery of Sleep<a href='#_edn2'>[ii]</a></em> and I immediately looked up the book, and contacted the author, Antonio Zadra, to appear on our podcast. He agreed, and the rest is history!</p> <p>Before I get to the interview, I want to give you a bit more background information on this book, and the authors, and what you can expect before picking it up. I’ve got to say that what I expected from this book, continually changed as I began to read it, and it took me deeper and deeper into the mysterious world of our dreams.</p> <p>Antonio Zadra and Robert Stickgold bring together state-of-the-art neuroscientific ideas and findings to propose a new and innovative model of dream function called NEXTUP—Network Exploration to Understand Possibilities. By detailing this model’s workings, they help readers understand key features of several types of dreams, from prophetic dreams to nightmares and lucid dreams. <em>When Brains Dream</em> reveals recent discoveries about the sleeping brain and the many ways in which dreams are psychologically, and neurologically, meaningful experiences; The book explores a host of dream-related disorders; and explains how dreams can facilitate creativity and be a source of personal insight.</p> <p>Antonio Zadra<a href='#_edn3'>[iii]</a> is a professor at the Université de Montréal and a researcher at the Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine. He has appeared on PBS's Nova and BBC's Horizon.</p> <p>Welcome Tony,