“Are dreams experiences?”: Insights from dreaming considered as a conscious experience under constraint of delayed report.

Crespin, Ludwig

doi:10.1037/a0039157

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“…Although there are sceptical arguments with regard to premise (i) [15 -20], there is a wide consensus in the literature that dreams are indeed conscious experiences occurring during sleeping [3,11,13,[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]. In accordance with this general consensus, in what follows we are going to grant (i) and concentrate on the other two premises of the argument.…”

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“…The idea that dreaming can provide a direct support for the no-access view has recently resurfaced in the literature in a more sophisticated form [11][12][13][14]. According to this line of thought, the fact that dream experiences occur in REM sleep clearly shows that phenomenal consciousness does not require cognitive access because the dlPFC, which is supposed to be responsible for key functions behind cognitive access, is highly inactive during this stage of sleep.…”

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Dream experiences and the neural correlates of perceptual consciousness and cognitive access

Fazekas

Németh

2018

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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This paper approaches the debate whether perceptual consciousness requires cognitive access from the perspective of dream studies, and investigates what kind of findings could support the opposing views of this debate. Two kinds of arguments are discussed, one that claims that the hypoactivity of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in rapid eye movement sleep is directly relevant, and another that proposes that locating the neural correlates of dream experiences can indirectly inform the debate. It is argued that under closer reflection, neither the classical claim about dorsolateral prefrontal cortex hypoactivity nor the more recent emphasis on general posterior hot zone activity during dreaming stand up to scrutiny. White dreaming is identified as the phenomenon that, nevertheless, holds the most promise to have an impact on the debate. Going beyond the topic if studying dreams can contribute to this debate, it is argued that cognitive access is not a monolithic phenomenon, and its neural correlates are not well understood. There seems to be a relevant form of cognitive access that can operate in the absence of activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and maybe also in the whole frontal region. If so, then exclusive posterior activation during conscious experiences might very well be compatible with the hypothesis that perceptual consciousness requires cognitive access.This article is part of the theme issue 'Perceptual consciousness and cognitive access'.

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Section: (B) Argument From Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Hypoactivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Dream experiences and the neural correlates of perceptual consciousness and cognitive access

Fazekas

Németh

2018

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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“…Although the existence of conscious experiences during sleep is not debatable anymore, (Arkin, 1981;Crespin, 2015;Kramer, 2007;LaBerge, 1985;Leclair-Visonneau et al, 2010;Siclari et al, 2017;Valli et al, 2012) since dream mentations can be accessed only via post-awakening reports, there is still an open question regarding the correspondence between dream experiences and dream reports. Do the number and quality of dream reports reliably reflect the experiences subjects undergo while asleep (Windt, 2013)?…”

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The route to recall a dream: theoretical considerations and methodological implications

Németh

2022

Psychological Research

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The goal of this paper is to shed new light on the relation between dream recall and dream experiences by providing a thorough analysis of the process that leads to dream reports. Three crucial steps of this process will be distinguished: dream production (the generation of a conscious experience during sleep), dream encoding (storing a trace of this experience in memory), and dream retrieval (accessing the memory trace upon awakening). The first part of the paper will assess how major theories think about the relationship between dream reports and these distinct steps. The second part will systematise how trait and state factors affecting dream recall -given different theoretical assumptions -might interact with dream production, encoding and retrieval. Understanding how the distinct steps of dream recall can be modulated by different factors is crucial for getting a better grip on how to acquire information about these steps empirically, and for drawing methodological conclusions with regard to the tools dream research relies on to collect subjective data about dream experiences. The third part of the paper will analyse how laboratory reports, logs and retrospective scales interact with the different factors that affect the distinct steps leading to dream reports, and will argue that prospective methods provide more direct access to data regarding dream production and encoding than retrospective methods, which -due to their inability to provide systematic control over the factors affecting the retrieval stagescreen-off the variability in the production and the encoding of dreams.

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The route to recall a dream: Theoretical considerations and methodological implications

Németh¹

2021

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The goal of this paper is to shed new light on the relation between dream recall and dream experiences by providing a thorough analysis of the process that leads to dream reports. Three crucial steps of this process will be distinguished: dream production (the generation of a conscious experience during sleep), dream encoding (storing a trace of this experience in memory), and dream retrieval (accessing the memory trace upon awakening). The first part of the paper will assess how major theories think about the relationship between dream reports and these distinct steps. The second part will systematise how trait and state factors affecting dream recall — given different theoretical assumptions — might interact with dream production, encoding and retrieval. Understanding how the distinct steps of dream recall can be modulated by different factors is crucial for getting a better grip on how to acquire information about these steps empirically, and for drawing methodological conclusions with regard to the tools dream research relies on to collect subjective data about dream experiences. The third part of the paper will analyse how laboratory reports, logs and retrospective scales interact with the different factors that affect the distinct steps leading to dream reports, and will argue that prospective methods provide more direct access to data regarding dream production and encoding than retrospective methods, which — due to their inability to provide systematic control over the factors affecting the retrieval stage screen-off the variability in the production and the encoding of dreams.

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“Are dreams experiences?”: Insights from dreaming considered as a conscious experience under constraint of delayed report.

Cited by 6 publications

References 89 publications

Dream experiences and the neural correlates of perceptual consciousness and cognitive access

Dream experiences and the neural correlates of perceptual consciousness and cognitive access

The route to recall a dream: theoretical considerations and methodological implications

The route to recall a dream: Theoretical considerations and methodological implications

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