Dreaming

A topic within Sleep & Consciousness, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Neuroscience.

Reading on Dreaming

2 works

Paper1977

The Brain as a Dream State Generator: An Activation-Synthesis Hypothesis of the Dream Process

Allan Hobson & Robert McCarley

Proposes dreams arise when the forebrain synthesises a narrative from essentially random brainstem activation during REM sleep, rather than expressing a disguised unconscious wish.

Neuroscience · Sleep & Consciousness

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Paper2000

Dreaming and REM Sleep Are Controlled by Different Brain Mechanisms

Mark Solms

Argues, from lesion evidence, that dreaming and REM sleep are dissociable and controlled by different brain mechanisms, contradicting the activation-synthesis account of dreaming as a REM phenomenon.

Neuroscience · Sleep & Consciousness

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Reading on Dreaming

The Brain as a Dream State Generator: An Activation-Synthesis Hypothesis of the Dream Process

Dreaming and REM Sleep Are Controlled by Different Brain Mechanisms

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