This article explains the origins and development of the continuity hypothesis in work by
cognitively oriented dream researchers. Using blind quantitative analyses of lengthy dream …

Abstract Social Simulation Theory (SST) considers the function of dreaming to be the
simulation of social events. The Sociality Bias and the Strengthening hypotheses of SST …

We investigated whether inconsistencies in previous studies regarding emotional
experiences in dreams derive from whether dream emotions are self-rated or externally …

The phenomenon of dreaming about the laboratory when participating in a sleep study is
common. The content of such dreams draws upon episodic memory fragments of the …

A novel approach to adding primitive evaluative capabilities to a cognitive architecture is
proposed. Two sub-symbolic quantities called valuation and arousal are learned for each …

This study demonstrates that different methods for measuring emotional experiences in
dreams—self-ratings of dreams using emotion rating scales versus external ratings in the …

A comprehensive neurocognitive theory of dreaming based on the theories, methodologies,
and findings of cognitive neuroscience and the psychological sciences. G. William Domhoff's …

Despite the increasing interest in sleep and dream-related processes of emotion regulation,
their reflection into wake and dream emotional experience remains unclear. Here, we aimed …

Objectives: The video-polysomnographic criteria of REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD)
have not been well described. We evaluated the between-night reproducibility of phasic and …

The aim of this study was to compare the emotional content of dream reports collected at
home upon morning awakenings with those collected in the laboratory upon early and late …