This article explores the notion that the brain is genetically endowed with an innate virtual
reality generator that–through experience-dependent plasticity–becomes a generative or …

Lucid dreaming (LD) is a mental state in which we realize not being awake but are dreaming
while asleep. It often involves vivid, perceptually intense dream images as well as peculiar …

The dream as prediction seems inherently improbable. The bizarre occurrences in dreams
never characterize everyday life. Dreams do not come true! But assuming that bizarreness …

Dreaming has fascinated and mystified humankind for ages: the bizarre and evanescent
qualities of dreams have invited boundless speculation about their origin, meaning and …

Following a set of studies concerning the intrinsic electrophysiology of mammalian central
neurons in relation to global brain function, we reach the following conclusions:(i) the main …

Understanding of the evolved biological function of sleep has advanced considerably in the
past decade. However, no equivalent understanding of dreams has emerged. Contemporary …

In this paper, we address the different ways in which dream research can contribute to
interdisciplinary consciousness research. As a second global state of consciousness aside …

Semantic representations in higher sensory cortices form the basis for robust, yet flexible
behavior. These representations are acquired over the course of development in an …

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 …

In this paper, I discuss the relationship between bodily experiences in dreams and the
sleeping, physical body. I question the popular view that dreaming is a naturally and …