The neurocognitive theory of dreaming : : the where, how, when, what, and why of dreams / / G. William Domhoff.

• Superior document: The MIT Press
• VerfasserIn: Domhoff, G. William,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, Massachusetts : : The MIT Press,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: The MIT Press
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (372 pages)

"An up-to-date synthesis of the neurocognitive theory of dreaming as presented by its founder"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: Establishing a Context, Providing an Overview -- 1. Definitions, Distinctions, and Limitations -- Introduction -- Mental Activity during Waking and during the Night -- What Is Dreaming? A Neurocognitive Definition -- 2. Neural Substrates, Embodied Simulation, and Cognitive Insufficiencies -- The Network Organization of the Human Brain -- The Neural Substrate That Supports Dreaming -- Lesion and Electrical Brain Stimulation Studies Support the Neuroimaging Findings -- Dreaming during Sleep Onset, NREM 2 Sleep, and Drifting Waking Thought -- Atypical States of Waking Consciousness and Dreaming -- The "How" of Dreams: Dreaming as a Form of Embodied Simulation -- The Importance of Cognitive Factors in Dream Recall -- Cognitive Insufficiencies in Dreaming -- Under What Conditions Does Dreaming Occur? -- Conclusions and Implications -- 3. Dream Content as Revealed by Quantitative Content Analysis -- Methodological and Statistical Issues in the Study of Dream Content -- Five Categories of Embodied Simulations in Dreams -- Age, Cross-National, and Cross-Cultural Differences in Dream Reports -- The Familiar and the Unfamiliar in Dream Reports -- Cognition and Cognitive Appraisals in Dreams -- The Continuity between Dreaming and Waking Thought -- Conclusions and Implications -- 4. Findings on Dream Content in Individual Dream Series -- Safeguards, Methodological Strategies, and Statistical Rationales -- Consistency in Two Very Different Dream Series -- Consistency and Continuity in Three Unusual Dream Series of Varying Lengths -- Character Networks in Dream Series Are Small-World Networks -- Dream Reports from 2020 Relating to COVID-19 -- Conclusions and Implications -- 5. The Search for Symbolism in Dreams -- Experimental Studies of Symbolic Elements in Dreams.

Systematic Empirical Studies of Symbolism Based on Content Analysis -- Studies of Unusual Elements in Lengthy Dream Series -- Cognitive Linguistics, Figurative Thinking, and Dreams -- Neuroimaging Studies of Waking Metaphoric Thinking -- Conclusions and Implications -- 6. The Development of Dreaming in Children -- The Maturation of the Default Network -- Dreaming Is a Gradual Cognitive Achievement -- Conclusions and Implications -- 7. The Dream Reports of Preadolescents and Adolescents -- Lab and Nonlab Findings in the Zurich Longitudinal Study -- A Dream-Diary Study of Preadolescents and Adolescents -- MRD Findings with Children and Adolescents -- Consistency and Continuity in Four Dream Series -- Conclusions and Implications -- 8. The Occurrence of Emotions in Dreams -- Quantitative Content Analyses of Emotions in Dream Reports -- Studies of Emotions Using Rating Scales -- A Comparison of Coding Systems and Rating Systems for Emotions -- The Frequency of Emotions in Adult Dream Series -- Emotions in Dream Reports from Children and Adolescents -- The Steps Leading to a Neurocognitive Theory of Emotions in Dream Reports -- Conclusions and Implications -- 9. An Assessment of Two Comprehensive Traditional Dream Theories -- Freudian Dream Theory -- The Activation-Synthesis Theory of Dreaming -- Conclusions and Implications -- 10. Dreaming, Adaptive Functions, and Cultural Uses -- The Problem-Solving Theory of Dream Function -- Emotions-Related Theories of the Adaptive Function of Dreaming -- Mastery and Rehearsal Theories of Dream Function -- Dreaming as a Culturally and Individually Useful By-Product -- Conclusions and Implications -- 11. The Neurocognitive Theory Compared to Other Dream Theories -- Meaning, Lawfulness, and Adaptive Function -- Looking toward the Future -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Index.