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Each distinct type of mental state is supported by specific brain functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2001

Claude Gottesmann
Claude Gottesmann
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Psychophysiologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, 06108 Nice cedex 2, Francegottesma@unice.fr www.unice.fr/psychophysiologie
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Abstract

Reflective waking mentation is supported by cortical activating and inhibitory processes. The thought-like mental content of slow wave sleep appears with lower levels of both kinds of influence. During REM sleep, the equation: activation + disinhibition + dopamine may explain the often psychotic-like mode of psychological functioning.

[Hobson et al.; Nielsen; Revonsuo; Solms; Vertes & Eastman]

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 6 , December 2000 , pp. 941 - 943
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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