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is a kind of theater in which we're able to solve problems more effectively than when we are awake problem-solving outcomes were better for the subjects who dreamed.

Deirdre Barrett suggests dreams are a kind of theater in which we're able to solve problems more effectively than when we are awake partly because the dreaming mind makes connections more quickly than the waking mind does. This idea is based in part on experiments she did where people were asked to solve problems while 'sleeping on them.' The problem-solving outcomes were better for the subjects who dreamed.

is a philogenetically older mode of thought.

Dreaming is a philogenetically older mode of thought. Carl Jung

is always rooted in conflict with some unacceptable wish. All dreaming has 'the mark of the beast'.

is an act of pure imagination that attests a creative power in all men, which if it were available in waking, would make every man a dante or shakespeare.

Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power, which if it were available in waking, would make every man a Dante or Shakespeare.

is comparable to life: we sleeping wake and waking sleep.

Those who have compared our life to a dream were right.... We sleeping wake, and waking sleep.

is done in order to remember and to anchor memories. After a trauma, data shows that sleeping locks it in. A quick sleep improves memory, but only if one dreams.

by suggesting that we actually dream to remember rather than forget. The theory is bolstered by recent studies on trauma, which suggest that when people go to sleep right after a traumatic experience that they are more likely to remember and be haunted by the trauma. So one form of triage for traumatized people is to keep them awake and talking for several hours, even if they are exhausted, to prevent this traumatic memory consolidation from happening.

is evolutionarily speaking, similar to animals 'playing dead'. Just as animals undergo temporary paralysis to fool their enemies into thinking they've died (i.e. Tonic immobility), so too do humans experience similar brain states while sleeping and awake with the one difference that dopamine (which is associated with bodily movement) is completely shut down.

Based on studies that revealed strong similarities between animals who are playing dead and people who are dreaming, this theory suggests that dreaming could be related to an ancient defense mechanism: tonic immobility, or playing dead. When you dream, your brain behaves much the way it does when you're awake, with a crucial difference: chemicals like dopamine associated with movement and body activation are completely shut down. This is similar to what happens to animals who undergo temporary paralysis to fool their enemies into thinking they've died. So it's possible that dreams began as a defense mechanism which our bodies retained in a different form as we evolved into creatures who no longer experienced tonic immobility.

is just the play of 'thought mutations' (i.e. Random variation) that is introduced into psychic life to create new ideas or self-awareness which can be retained if judged useful.

Psychologist Mark Blechner says the reason we dream is: [To] create new ideas, through partial random generation, which can then be retained if judged useful Dreams introduce random variations into psychic life and internal narratives. They produce 'thought mutations.' Our minds can then select among these mutations and variations to produce new kinds of thought, imagination, self-awareness, and other psychic functions.

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