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“Spandrels of the night?”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2001

Gary Lynch ,
Laura Lee Colgin  and
Linda Palmer
Gary Lynch
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697. glynch@uci.edu
Laura Lee Colgin
Affiliation:
Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 lcolgin@uci.edu
Linda Palmer
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 lpalmer@uci.edu
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Abstract

Vertes & Eastman argue against the popular idea that dreams promote memory consolidation and suggest instead that REM provides periodic endogenous stimulation during sleep. Although we suspect that much of the debate on the function of dreams reflects a too eager acceptance of the “adaptationist program,” we nonetheless support the position of the authors and propose a specific advantage of periodic REM activity.

[Vertes & Eastman]

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 6 , December 2000 , pp. 966 - 967
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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