A Supplement to Self-Organization Theory of Dreaming

Frontiers in Psychology

Wei Zhang¹ 

关键词: self-organization;    dreaming;    memory consolidation;    two-stage model;    by-product;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00332

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Kahn and Hobson (1993) proposed that dreams are a product of self-organization of brain during sleep. As a complex system far from equilibrium state, the dreaming brain may form a new pattern by the interaction between components within this system. At REM sleep stage, signals from neuronal clusters self-organize and form image fragments, then the image fragments interact and produce images, and finally these materials are associated into a relatively continuous narrative (i.e., dreams).

【 授权许可】

CC BY