Dreaming: Function And Meaning
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Why do we have dreams and what do they mean? These questions have
for centuries been the subject of a debate that has recently become the
center of a heated controversy. In one camp we have a number of prominent
scientists who argue that we dream for physiological reasons alone and that
dreams are ....
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.... ground, that believes both
of the extreme positions on the function and meaning of dreams to be
partly right and partly wrong. Its proponents argue that dreams may have
both physiological and psychological determinants, and therefore can be
either meaningful or meaningless, varying greatly in terms of psychological
significance.
Interpretation Of Dreams Revisited
If we are to understand Freud's view of the dream, we need to consider
his concept of the dreamer's brain. We know today t ....
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