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Expanding Nielsen's covert REM model, questioning Solms's approach to dreaming and REM sleep, and reinterpreting the Vertes & Eastman view of REM sleep and memory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2001

Robert D. Ogilvie
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canadarogilvie@brocku.cattomoka@spartan.ac.brocku.catmurphy@spartan.ac.brocku.ca www.psyc.brocku.ca/~rogilvie/sleep.html
Tomoka Takeuchi
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canadarogilvie@brocku.cattomoka@spartan.ac.brocku.catmurphy@spartan.ac.brocku.ca www.psyc.brocku.ca/~rogilvie/sleep.html
Timothy I. Murphy
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canadarogilvie@brocku.cattomoka@spartan.ac.brocku.catmurphy@spartan.ac.brocku.ca www.psyc.brocku.ca/~rogilvie/sleep.html

Abstract

Nielsen's covert REM process model explains much of the mentation found in REM and NREM sleep, but stops short of postulating an interaction of waking cognitive processes with the dream mechanisms of REM sleep. It ranks with the Hobson et al. paper as a major theoretical advance. The Solms article does not surmount the ever-present problem of defining dreams in a manner conducive to advancing dream theory. Vertes & Eastman review the REM sleep and learning literature, but make questionable assumptions in doing so.

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

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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