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“The dream of reason creates monsters” . . . especially when we neglect the role of emotions in REM-states

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2001

Jaak Panksepp
Jaak Panksepp
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403 jpankse@bgnet.bgsu.edu http://caspar.bgsu.edu/~neuro/Faculty/Faculty_jpanksepp.html
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Abstract

As highlighted by Solms, and to a lesser extent by Hobson et al. and Nielsen, dreaming and REM sleep can be dissociated. Meanwhile Vertes & Eastman and Revonsuo provide distinct views on the functions of REM sleep and dreaming. A resolution of such divergent views may clarify the fundamental nature of these processes. As dream commentators have long noted, with Revonsuo taking the lead among the present authors, emotionality is a central and consistent aspect of REM dreams. A deeper consideration of emotions in REM dreams may serve as the conceptual salve to help heal the emerging rifts in this field of inquiry.

[Hobson et al.; Nielsen; Revonsuo; Solms; Vertes & Eastman]

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 6 , December 2000 , pp. 988 - 990
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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