for - dream research

Summary - This presents a new theory of dreams that challenge Freud and Jung's interpretation of dreams. - It is intriguing, as it posits that the dream state is the default state of the brain. - it makes more sense to me.

source - google search - does dreaming allow cognitive during waking state to be possible?

• https://dreams.ucsc.edu/Library/domhoff_2010a.html

for - validation - alternative to Freud's explanation of dreams - dream cognition - dream research

Validation - I've never subscribed to the Freudian interpretation of dreams and this seems to make more sense

• Four very different types of unexpected research findings from inside and outside the sleep laboratory since the 1950s
• make it possible to suggest a new cognitive approach to
  • dreaming and
  • dream content,
• an approach that has the potential to be extended into a neurocognitive theory as well.
• These findings, which are discussed throughout this article,
• cast doubt on the
  • Freudian,
  • Jungian, and
  • activation-synthesis theories
• that dominated thinking about dreams in the twentieth century.
• Those three theories all began with the idea that
• there were major differences between
  • waking cognition and
  • dreaming,
• but the findings presented in this article suggest that
• there are far more parallels between
  • dreaming and
  • waking thought
• than they realized (Domhoff, 2003b).