Throughout human history dreams were simply a continuation of waking reality. Sleep’s recall began our daily conversation . . . colorful times, indeed. Then reason insisted otherwise, suggesting psychological insights—when not dismissing these exotic episodes as hallucinations, childhood fantasies, or just the mind’s mischief. Today, a prominent theory explains dreaming as an evolved survival mechanism …
The current consensus among leading sleep researchers is that everyone dreams all night and during naps; these images are primarily defensive, rehearsing events, individuals, or places which we anxiously face or have caused fear . . . in order that they not overwhelm us later. While this psychological immune system is perfectly natural, with current …
Freudian dream interpretation views dreams as psychological indicators reflecting characteristics or concerns, a perspective borne out by recent research: Malinowski, J. (2017). High thought suppressors dream more of their negative waking-life experiences than low thought suppressors. Dreaming, 27(4), 269–277. https://doi.org/10.1037/drm0000061 But threat simulation theory proposes a generic purpose—dreamt scenarios as a preemptive practice for real encounters: Revonsuo, …
After a decade’s research, in 2000 Brent Logan proposed a process reversal for dreams: instead of their dependence upon old and new memories to rehearse potentially threatening situations as a survival aid—with scenarios an often absurd jumble—sleepers could record and schedule replays of spoken queries or statements focusing specific interests. This portable device app method …
Castaldo, V. and Holzman, P., The effects of hearing one’s own voice on dream content: a replication, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1969, 148:74-82. Vincenzo Castaldo, M.D., The Menninger Foundation, Topeka, Kansas, USA Philip S. Holzman, Ph.D., Esther and Sidney R. Rabb Professor of Psychology Emeritus, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Van de Castle, …
It is important to differentiate between process and dream—the former that host, guide, chaperone, escort, or leader which provides a particular presence for each dreamer’s presumably infinite iterations, the inner or twin selves; by appealing to the process through specific prompts (in question or directive format) Dreamprompter enables selection of appropriate dreamer variants, settings, time periods, narratives, …
The ultimate prompt In his First Meditation, René Descartes—considered the first modern philosopher and scientist—argues that there is no verifiable difference between dreams and reality, yet critics point out that a sleeper cannot credibly claim so; this classic problem could be resolved by asking Dreamprompter any of these questions: “Am I dreaming?”, “Please show me that …
“. . . papers and patents are increasingly less likely to break with the past in ways that push science and technology in new directions.” Michael Park, Erin Leahey, Russell J. Funk , Nature, January 4, 2023 “There is a great need for efforts such as Brent Logan’s, and we commend him for his commitment and …
Dreams fascinate us–whether fantastic or frightening they never fail to astonish, intrigue, haunt, amuse; wise advice and even great ideas have come from them. But despite their amazing range of people, places, and episodes is there some way to center these strangest journeys upon one’s immediate or enduring problems? What if a dream could be …