G. William Domhoff presents a new neurocognitive theory of dreams in his book The
Emergence of Dreaming. His theory stresses the similarities between dreaming and drifting …

Building on the content, developmental, and neurological evidence that there are numerous
parallels between waking cognition and dreaming, this article argues that the likely neural …

Dreams create new stories out of nothing. Although dreams contain themes, concerns,
dream figures, objects, etc. that correspond closely to waking life, these are only story …

Many contemporary neuroscientists are skeptical about the belief that dreaming
accomplishes anything in the context of human adaptation and this skepticism is widely …

Dreams are a remarkable experiment in psychology and neuroscience, conducted every
night in every sleeping person. They show that the human brain, disconnected from the …

Dreaming is still a mystery of human cognition, although it has been studied experimentally
for more than a century. Experimental psychology first investigated dream content and …

Introducing students at all levels to the key concepts of modern dream psychology, this
concise book provides an overview of major theories regarding the formation, function, and …

This article argues that the default network, augmented by secondary visual and
sensorimotor cortices, is the likely neural correlate of dreaming. This hypothesis is based on …

What can be gleaned from the study of our dreams? With research methods in mind—
including the shortcomings and strengths of various strategies—the book presents a …

This wide-ranging exploration of the spiritual and scientific dimensions of dreaming offers
new connections between the ancient wisdom of the world's religious traditions, which have …