Studies in Psychophysiology of Dreams
- 1 December 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of General Psychiatry
- Vol. 3 (6) , 602-607
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1960.01710060034006
Abstract
I. Introduction The interest in sequential dreams here-tofore has been limited by the absence of a method which allowed an accurate determination of dreaming at the time of its occurrence. A review of the literature indicates an appreciation of the presence of multiple dreams during the course of a single night with only, however, a minimal attempt to explain their appearance. Freud1wrote as follows: In interpreting dreams consisting of several dream sections or, in general, dreams occurring during the same night, the possibility should not be overlooked that separate and successive dreams of this kind may have the same meaning, and may be giving expression to the same impulses in different material. If so, the first of these homologous dreams to occur is often the more distorted and timid, while the succeeding one will be more confident and distinct. Alexander2pointed out [regardingKeywords
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