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Dreaming has content and meaning not just form

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2001

Milton Kramer
Milton Kramer
Affiliation:
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY 10024 milton.kramer@worldnet.att.net
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Abstract

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The biological theories of dreaming provide no explanation for the transduction from neuronal discharge to dreaming or waking consciousness. They cannot account for the variability in dream content between individuals or within individuals. Mind-brain isomorphism is poorly supported, as is dreaming's link to REM sleep. Biological theories of dreaming do not provide a function for dreaming nor a meaning for dreams. Evolutionary views of dreaming do not relate dream content to the current concerns of the dreamer and using the nightmare as the paradigm dream minimizes the impact of poor sleep on adaptations.

[Hobson et al.; Nielsen; Revonsuo; Solms]

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 6 , December 2000 , pp. 959 - 961
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© 2000 Cambridge University Press