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Dream science 2000: A response to commentaries on Dreaming and the brain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2001

J. Allan Hobson ,
Edward F. Pace-Schott  and
Robert Stickgold
J. Allan Hobson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 allan_hobson@hms.harvard.eduedward_schott@hms.harvard.edurobert_stickgold@hms.harvard.edu www.earthlink.net/~sleeplab
Edward F. Pace-Schott
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 allan_hobson@hms.harvard.eduedward_schott@hms.harvard.edurobert_stickgold@hms.harvard.edu www.earthlink.net/~sleeplab
Robert Stickgold
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 allan_hobson@hms.harvard.eduedward_schott@hms.harvard.edurobert_stickgold@hms.harvard.edu www.earthlink.net/~sleeplab
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Abstract

Definitions of dreaming are not required to map formal features of mental activity onto brain measures. While dreaming occurs during all stages of sleep, intense dreaming is largely confined to REM. Forebrain structures and many neurotransmitters can contribute to sleep and dreaming without negating brainstem and aminergic-cholinergic control mechanisms. Reductionism is essential to science and AIM has considerable heuristic value. Recent findings support sleep's role in learning and memory. Emerging technologies may address long-standing issues in sleep and dream research.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 6 , December 2000 , pp. 1019 - 1035
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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