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Elucidating the difference between mind-wandering and day-dreaming terms
Self-generated thoughts have been widely investigated in recent years, while the terms “mind-wandering” and “day-dreaming” are usually used...
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Pharmacology of dreaming
Dreams can be a distressing experience and disturb healthy sleep. And while dreams are common, fundamental questions about the origin and purpose of...
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Intentionally awakening from sleep through lucid dreaming
Standard treatments for nightmares focus on waking activities, with consequences for subsequent sleep. An alternative strategy may be to provide...
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Evidence of an active role of dreaming in emotional memory processing shows that we dream to forget
Dreaming is a universal human behavior that has inspired searches for meaning across many disciplines including art, psychology, religion, and...
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Wittgenstein on Dreaming and Skepticism
In this paper I aim to elucidate Wittgenstein’s claim that the so-called dream argument is senseless. Unlike other interpreters, who understand the...
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Towards biologically plausible model-based reinforcement learning in recurrent spiking networks by dreaming new experiences
Humans and animals can learn new skills after practicing for a few hours, while current reinforcement learning algorithms require a large amount of...
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Examining the association between depersonalisation traits and the bodily self in waking and dreaming
Depersonalisation (DP) is characterized by fundamental alterations to the sense of self that include feelings of detachment and estrangement from...
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Introduction to Social Dreaming
The first chapter of this book is devoted to an overview of some of the most important elements that characterize the Social Dreaming methodology,...
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Dreaming during gastrointestinal endoscopy under propofol, ciprofol, or remimazolam anesthesia: study protocol for a parallel-design double-blind, single-center trial
BackgroundDreaming sometimes occurs during sedation. It has been reported that factors such as different anesthetics, depth of anesthesia, age, sex,...
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Dreaming of God and the Role of Faith in Everyday Life: An Empirical Study
In Christian faith, dreams – at least some – have been seen as messages from God; very powerful examples can be found in the Bible. However,...
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The role of mindful acceptance and lucid dreaming in nightmare frequency and distress
A theoretical and empirical association between lucid dreaming and mindfulness, as well as lucid dreaming and nightmares has previously been...
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The Phenomenon of Lucid Dreaming
This chapter aims to outline lucid dream research. A lucid dream is a dream in which the person becomes aware during the dream that he or she is...
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Deleuzian Approaches to Social Dreaming and Related Psychosocial Methods
There has been a recent shift toward an acceptance of Deleuzian psychoanalytically informed philosophy in Psychosocial Studies, especially in...
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Meta-awareness, mind wandering and negative mood in the context of the continuity hypothesis of dreaming
In the waking state, in the absence of meta-awareness, mind wandering with specific contents can lead to negative mood. Such negative mood can be...
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Dreaming Diversity
Diversity in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft begegnet den vielfältigen Herausforderungen der digitalisierten Globalisierung mit vielfältigen...
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Hierarchical intrinsically motivated agent planning behavior with dreaming in grid environments
Biologically plausible models of learning may provide a crucial insight for building autonomous intelligent agents capable of performing a wide range...
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Speculative Practicescapes of Learning Design and Dreaming
This article addresses a serious issue that besets learning design: its over-reliance on frameworks that promise particular outcomes for individual...
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Nurturing a Dreaming Spirit: Pastoral Presence during the Boyhood Years
The adventure stories that boys enjoy reading often depict male characters in their exposed becoming and dreaming. Boys are drawn to these...
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Sleep and Dreaming
Sleep is a basic, natural, and easily reversible periodic phenomenon characterized by a diminished level of awareness, reduced response to the...