Sources of Insight
This page gathers the books, studies, and authors that have inspired the reflections shared here.
Each title has, in some way, contributed to my understanding of the human experience — and many of them I consider sources of wisdom, clarity, and depth.
Rooted in psychology, philosophy, pedagogy, universal literature, transpersonal studies, and human experience, they reflect an ongoing journey of learning, growth, and understanding.
It is a space of gratitude and acknowledgment for the voices that have shaped my perspective.
- An Essay Concerning Human Understanding — John Locke
- Beyond IQ: A Triarchic Theory of Human Intelligence – Sternberg, R
- Constructive Memory and Conscious Experience – Daniel L. Schacter and Preston P. Thakral (Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience)
- Copiii excepționali (Exceptional children) – Bogdan, T., & Nica, I.
- Creativitate, modele, programare (Creativity, Models, Programming) — A. Roșca
- Dicționar de psihologie (Dictionary of Psychology) — P. Popescu-Neveanu
- Dreams and the Self – Calvin S. Hall
- Dream Psychology — Sigmund Freud
- Dreaming and Memory Consolidation – Erin J. Wamsley (Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports)
- Dreaming to Predict: Simulations, Social Function, and the Future – Blagrove, Mark, and Julia Simner
- Dreams and the Self – Calvin S Hall
- Dreams That Change Our Lives – Montague Ullman and Nan Zimmerman
- Elevi supradotați fericiți – Gifteg students/Happy children – Ciucurel, M., & al.
- Equitable Identification of Students with Gifted Potential – Richert, E
- Fear Psychology — George J. Cole
- Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy — David D. Burns
- Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences – H. Gardner
- Genele și ingineria genetică (Genes and Genetic Engineering) — P. Raicu
- Genetic studies of genius. II. The early mental traits of three hundred geniuses – C. Cox
- Imaginatia (Imagination) – S. Marcus
- Importanța inteligenței generale (The Importance of General Intelligence) – Andrei Cosmovici.
- Induction of Lucid Dreams Using Physiological Cues. – Stephen LaBerge, et al.
- Introduction to Psychology — Richard C. Atkinson, Rita L. Atkinson, Edward E. Smith, Daryl J. Bem, Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
- Intelligence defined and undefined – Wechsler, D
- Investigation on Neurobiological Mechanisms of Dreaming in the New Decade – Serena Scarpelli, Valentina Alfonsi, Maurizio Gorgoni, Anna Maria Giannini, și Luigi De Gennaro (Brain Sciences
- În căutarea sensului pierdut (In Search of the Lost Meaning) (vol. I & II) — Dumitru Constantin Dulcan
- Încercări de interpretare a visului (Attempts at the Interpretation of Dreams) – Mircea Eliade
- Learning and Human Abilities. Educational Psychology – Klausmeier, H., & Goodwin, W.
- Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self – Stephen LaBerge
- Patterns in Comparative Religion – Mircea Eliade
- Paths Beyond Ego — Frances Vaughan & Roger Walsh
- Man and His Symbols – Carl G. Jung
- Mintea de dincolo: Sinteza și semnificația experiențelor morții clinice (The Mind Beyond: Synthesis and Significance of Near-Death Experiences.) – Dumitru Constantin Dulcan
- Neural Mechanisms of Lucid Dreaming: A Review. – National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) – Frontiers in Psychology
- NLP Made Easy: How to Use Neuro‑Linguistic Programming to Change Your Life — Ali Campbell
- Parent Education: An International Survey – Hans Heinrich Stern
- Pedagogie (Pedagogy) – Constantin Cucos
- Psihologia copilului (Child Psychology) — J. Piaget & B. Inhelder
- Psihologia copilului de la naștere la adolescență (The Psychology of the Child from Birth to Adolescence) – Maurice Debesse
- Psihologia creativității (The Psychology of Creativity) – E. Landau
- Psihologie diferențială (Differential Psychology) – Andrei Cosmovici.
- Psihologia inteligenței (The Psychology of Intelligence) — J. Piaget
- Psychological Factors in Precognitive Dream Experiences: The Role of Paranormal Belief, Selective Recall and Propensity to Find Correspondences – Caroline Watt, Natalie Ashley, Jack Gillett, Megan Halewood, and Rebecca Hanson (International Journal of Dream Research, Heidelberg University)
- Psychosynthesis: A Manual of Principles and Techniques — Roberto Assagioli
- REM Sleep and Emotional Regulation – Andrea Rock
- Senoi Dream Theory – Kilton Stewart
- Senoi Dream Practices: Anthropological Perspectives – Kilton Stewart
- Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy – Mircea Eliade
- Talent, inteligență, creativitate (Talent, Intelligence, and Creativity) – Bejat M.
- Testarea psihologică – inteligența și aptitudinile (Psychological Testing – Intelligence and Aptitudes) — N. Mitrofan & L. Mitrofan
- Teste de inteligență (Intelligence Tests) – Hans J. Eysenck
- The Art of SpeedReading People: How to Size People Up and Speak Their Language —Paul D. Tieger & Barbara Barron‑Tieger
- The Bible
- The Cognitive Neuroscience of Lucid Dreaming – Benjamin Baird, et al
- The Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud — Sigmund Freud
- The Dream and the Underworld – James Hillman
- The Holotropic Mind — Stanislav Grof
- The Interpretation of Dreams – Sigmund Freud
- The Little CBT Workbook — Dr. Michael Sinclair & Dr. Belinda Hollingsworth
- The Memory Sources of Dreams: Serial Awakenings across Sleep Stages and Time of Night – Claudia Picard-Deland, Karen Konkoly, Rachel Raider, Ken A. Paller, Tore Nielsen, Wilfred R. Pigeon, and Michelle Carr (Sleep, Oxford Academic)
- The Mind at Night: The New Science of How and Why We Dream – Andrea Rock
- The Nature of Human Intelligence – Guilford, J
- The Power of Your Subconscious Mind — Joseph Murphy
- The Reinterpretation of Dreams: An Evolutionary Hypothesis of the Function of Dreaming – Antti Revonsuo (Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Cambridge University Press).
- The Sociology of Chid Development – Bossard, J. H., & Boll, E. S.
- The Spectrum of Consciousness — Ken Wilber
- Toward a Psychology of Being — Abraham Maslow
- The Twelve Hours of the Night – Jeremy Taylor
- Transpersonal Psychology: Integral, Esoteric, and Spiritual Perspectives – Jorge N. Ferrer
- The Cognitive Neuroscience of Lucid Dreaming – Benjamin Baird, Sergio A. Mota-Rolim, Martin Dresler, et al. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.
- Traite de Psychologie Experimentale, vol.IV. Apprentissage et memoire – J. Piaget & P. Fraisse (Bulletin de psychologie)
- What Happens in the Brain When We Dream – Harvard Health Publishing
- Who’s intelligent? – Sternberg, R (Psychology Today)
- World Problems in Education: A Brief Analytical Survey — Jean Thomas
- Working memory – Baddley, A.
This bibliography is a selective list of books and studies, arranged in alphabetical order.
Some of them are primarily study materials — valuable for the knowledge and insights they contain, which have supported the reflections shared in the articles.
Others are beloved works that have profoundly inspired me, shaped my worldview, and contributed to my personal and professional growth.
Together, they represent a landscape of learning, exploration and inner transformation.
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