Behavioral and Brain Sciences



Short Communication

Old wine (most of it) in new bottles: Where are dreams and what is the memory?


Ramon Greenberg a1
a1 Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Brookline, MA 02445 rgreenberg@hms.harvard.edu

Abstract

I discuss how the work in Walker's article adds to the considerable body of research on dreaming, sleep, and memory that appeared in the early days of modern sleep research. I also consider the issue of REM-independent and REM-dependent kinds of learning. This requires including emotional issues in our discussion, and therefore emphasizes the importance of studying and understanding dreams.