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Dreaming as an active construction of meaning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2001

Rita B. Ardito
Rita B. Ardito
Affiliation:
Center of Cognitive Science, Department of Psychology, University of Turin, 10123 Turin, Italyardito@psych.unito.it
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Abstract

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Although the work of Revonsuo is commendable for its attempt to use an evolutionary approach to formulate a hypothesis about the adaptive function of dreaming, the conclusions arrived at by this author cannot be fully shared. Particularly questionable is the idea that the specific function of dreaming is to simulate threatening events. I propose here a hypothesis in which the dream can have a different function.

[Revonsuo]

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 6 , December 2000 , pp. 907 - 908
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© 2000 Cambridge University Press