REM sleep and dreaming functions beyond reductionism
Abstract
Brain activation patterns and mental, electrophysiological, and neurobiological features of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep suggest more functions than only elaborative encoding. Hence, the periodic occurrence of REM sleep episodes and dreaming may be regarded as a recurrent adaptive interference, which incorporates recent memories into a broader vital context comprising emotions, basic needs and individual genetic traits.
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Dreaming is a product of internal and virtual fabrication, and not always are memory sources easily identified during wakefulness, so considering DE only as replay of past experiences may be reductive.
“However, dreaming is a product of an “internal and virtual fabrication” and not always the memory sources are easily identified during wakefulness, so considering DE only as the replay of past experiences may seem reductive (Kirov, 2013; Hobson et al., 2014).”
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BBS volume 36 issue 6 Cover and Front matter
(2013) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x13003920
- Authors
- Kirov, R.
- Affiliations
- Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BG)
- Corresponding author
- Kirov, Roumen
- Venue
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2013-11-21
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 621-622
- ISSN
- 0140-525X (ISSN-L)
- 1469-1825
- OpenAlex
- W2322759507
- Cited by
- 13
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 0.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Keywords
- REM sleep, dreams, sleep function, memory consolidation, elaborative encoding, emotions, genetic characteristics, basic needs, brain activation patterns
- MeSH terms
- Cerebral Cortex, Dreams, Hippocampus, Humans, Sleep, REM, Memory, Episodic
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