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Cognitive and emotional processes during dreaming: a neuroimaging view.
Desseilles, Martin; Dang Vu, Thien Thanh; Sterpenich, Virginie et al.
2011In Consciousness and Cognition, 20 (4), p. 998-1008
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Abstract :
[en] Dream is a state of consciousness characterized by internally-generated sensory, cognitive and emotional experiences occurring during sleep. Dream reports tend to be particularly abundant, with complex, emotional, and perceptually vivid experiences after awakenings from rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. This is why our current knowledge of the cerebral correlates of dreaming, mainly derives from studies of REM sleep. Neuroimaging results show that REM sleep is characterized by a specific pattern of regional brain activity. We demonstrate that this heterogeneous distribution of brain activity during sleep explains many typical features in dreams. Reciprocally, specific dream characteristics suggest the activation of selective brain regions during sleep. Such an integration of neuroimaging data of human sleep, mental imagery, and the content of dreams is critical for current models of dreaming; it also provides neurobiological support for an implication of sleep and dreaming in some important functions such as emotional regulation.
Disciplines :
Neurology
Author, co-author :
Desseilles, Martin ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Psychiatrie et psychologie médicale
Dang Vu, Thien Thanh ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Neurologie
Sterpenich, Virginie 
Schwartz, Sophie
Language :
English
Title :
Cognitive and emotional processes during dreaming: a neuroimaging view.
Publication date :
2011
Journal title :
Consciousness and Cognition
ISSN :
1053-8100
eISSN :
1090-2376
Publisher :
Academic Press, San Diego, United States - California
Volume :
20
Issue :
4
Pages :
998-1008
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Commentary :
Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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