Dreaming as an active construction of meaning
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 23 (6):907-908 (2000)
| Abstract | Although the work of Revonsuo is commendable for its attempt to use an evolutionary approach to formulate a hypothesis about the adaptive function of dreaming, the conclusions arrived at by this author cannot be fully shared. Particularly questionable is the idea that the specific function of dreaming is to simulate threatening events. I propose here a hypothesis in which the dream can have a different function. [Revonsuo]. | |||||||||
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