Posts Tagged dream science

Do dreams have meaning? A quick tour of the dreaming brain

Posted by on March 31, 2011  |  7 Comments

Sigmund Freud is considered the father of dream science, even though most of his dream theory is largely discredited today. But from the get-go Freud assumed that dreaming was an expression of the mind-brain system, a premise still widely accepted by scientists, psychologists and philosophers today. Still, in popular culture, we still hear the question [...]

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Calvin Hall and the Cognitive Theory of Dreaming

Posted by on December 3, 2009  |  10 Comments

Any survey of modern dream research must include Calvin Hall (1909-1985).  Hall was a behavioral psychologist who explored the cognitive dimensions of dreaming.  His work began before the discovery of REM sleep, so little was known about the biology of sleep and dreams.  Hall drew worldwide attention for his cognitive theory of dreaming, which was [...]

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