Dream recall frequency and attitude towards dreams: a reinterpretation of the relation

Beaulieu-Prévost, Dominic; Zadra, Antonio

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2004.06.017

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“…Beaulieu-Prévost & Zadra, 2005). The findings of present study, however, suggest that attitude towards dreams measurements should perhaps not emphasise dream meaning so much, since MF and PC both engaged with their dreams and had positive attitudes towards them in the sense that they liked to record them, enjoyed their beautiful dreams, and they also said that they used them in their creative work; but they did not engage with trying to decipher the meaning of their dreams.…”

Section: Attitudes Towards Continuitycontrasting

confidence: 77%

Experiencing “continuity”: A qualitative investigation of waking life in dreams.

Malinowski¹,

Fylan²,

Horton³

2014

Dreaming

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Continuity between waking life and dreaming has typically been studied via the quantitative analysis of dream reports, which has illustrated that dreaming reflects waking-life experiences, thoughts, and emotions. However there are currently no reliable methods of analysing dreams for more subjective aspects of dreams, such as dreams that are metaphorically related to the dreamer's waking life. We conducted a qualitative study involving in-depth semi-structured interviews with four participants. The interview schedules were based on Schredl's (2010a) dream group technique. Using thematic analysis we developed three themes that describe continuity between waking life and dreams:'Experiential Continuity' (between waking-life experiences/thoughts and dreams); 'Emotional Continuity' (between waking-life emotions and dreams); and 'Representative Continuity' (metaphorical and generic representations of waking life in dreams). Rather than being dichotomous, participants experienced continuity in gradations. A fourth theme ('Attitudes Towards Continuity') explored how attitudes towards continuity influenced continuity experiencing.2

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Section: Attitudes Towards Continuitycontrasting

confidence: 77%

Experiencing “continuity”: A qualitative investigation of waking life in dreams.

Malinowski¹,

Fylan²,

Horton³

2014

Dreaming

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“…In contrast, Beaulieu-Prevost and Zadra (2005) argue that well motivated dream aficionados can report dreams quite regularly, some report dreams every morning. Nonetheless, even the most motivated dream reporters forget most dreams.…”

Section: Narrative Fabrication In Dream Reportsmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…Research indicating individual difference in dream recall (Schonbar, 1965; Schredl et al, 1996), a relation between dream recall and interest in dreams (Beaulieu-Prevost and Zadra, 2005) and relationships between dream recall and gender (Schredl, 2002–2003) suggest that there are many differences between individuals regarding the number of dreams that are recalled and reported in the morning. This might suggest there are also individual differences regarding the accuracy of dream reports.…”

Section: Individual Differences In Dream Report Fabricationmentioning

confidence: 99%

What I make up when I wake up: anti-experience views and narrative fabrication of dreams

Rosen

2013

Front. Psychol.

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I propose a narrative fabrication thesis of dream reports, according to which dream reports are often not accurate representations of experiences that occur during sleep. I begin with an overview of anti-experience theses of Norman Malcolm and Daniel Dennett who reject the received view of dreams, that dreams are experiences we have during sleep which are reported upon waking. Although rejection of the first claim of the received view, that dreams are experiences that occur during sleep, is implausible, I evaluate in more detail the second assumption of the received view, that dream reports are generally accurate. I then propose a “narrative fabrication” view of dreams as an alternative to the received view. Dream reports are often confabulated or fabricated because of poor memory, bizarre dream content, and cognitive deficits. It is well documented that narratives can be altered between initial rapid eye movement sleep awakenings and subsequent reports. I argue that we have reason to suspect that initial reports are prone to inaccuracy. Experiments demonstrate that subjects rationalize strange elements in narratives, leaving out supernatural or bizarre components when reporting waking memories of stories. Inaccuracies in dream reports are exacerbated by rapid memory loss and bizarre dream content. Waking memory is a process of reconstruction and blending of elements, but unlike waking memory, we cannot reality-test for dream memories. Dream experiences involve imaginative elements, and dream content cannot be verified with external evidence. Some dreams may involve wake-like higher cognitive functions, such as lucid dreams. Such dreams are more likely to elicit accurate reports than cognitively deficient dreams. However, dream reports are generally less accurate than waking reports. I then propose methods which could verify the narrative fabrication view, and argue that although the theory cannot be tested with current methods, new techniques and technologies may be able to do so in the future.

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“…However, this interpretation does not account for the positive relationship between age and reported PD frequency, unless this kind of self-report is at least partly driven by belief. Since attitudes have been shown to inflate self-reported dream recall frequency (Beaulieu-Prévost & Zadra, 2005), this is certainly a possibility. Further research should address this issue.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Individual differences in prophetic dream belief and experience: Exploring demographic and sleep-related correlates

Valášek

Watt

2015

Personality and Individual Differences

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A large proportion of the general population believes that dreams can provide information about future events that could not have been obtained by any known means. The present study identifies several factors associated with prophetic (precognitive) dream belief and experience. Participants (N = 672) were measured on demographic variables, sleep characteristics, and precognitive dream (PD) belief, experience, and frequency. Three 'sleep clusters' were identified based on the analysis of the sleep-related variables. Women were more likely to believe in PDs as well as experience them. There was a positive relationship of PD belief and experience with age and a negative one with education. Most notably, we found that a high frequency of PD experiences was associated with erratic sleep patterns and sleep medication use. The present study provides a basis for the development of further models explaining the prevalent phenomena of precognitive dream belief and experience.

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Dream recall frequency and attitude towards dreams: a reinterpretation of the relation

Cited by 44 publications

References 17 publications

Experiencing “continuity”: A qualitative investigation of waking life in dreams.

Experiencing “continuity”: A qualitative investigation of waking life in dreams.

What I make up when I wake up: anti-experience views and narrative fabrication of dreams

Individual differences in prophetic dream belief and experience: Exploring demographic and sleep-related correlates

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