Nature of dreams 梦的性质

Dreaming mainly occurs during REM sleep and takes the form of vivid, dramatic stories of a highly visual nature (or auditory in people blind from birth). Participants woken during REM sleep reported dreaming 80% of the time, so it is likely that we dream every night, even though we may not remember them. Although less common and vivid, dreams may occur in Non-REM sleep.

做梦主要发生在快速眼动睡眠期间,其形式是具有高度视觉性质的生动、戏剧性的故事(对于出生后就失明的人来说,则是听觉的)。在快速眼动睡眠中被唤醒的参与者报告说80%的时间都在做梦,因此我们很可能每晚都在做梦,尽管我们可能不记得它们。虽然不那么常见和生动,但在非快速眼动睡眠中也会做梦。

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The content of dreams may be linked to real events before or even during sleep (thirsty people are more likely to dream about drinking) and sex differences have been found: Men are more likely to dream about sexual content and outdoor events than women. Some people are able to control the content of their dreams, known as lucid dreaming.

梦的内容可能与睡眠前甚至睡眠中的真实事件有关(口渴的人更有可能梦到喝酒),而且已经发现了性别差异。男性比女性更有可能梦到性内容和户外活动。有些人能够控制他们的梦的内容,被称为清醒梦。

Neurobiological theories of dreaming 关于做梦的神经生物学理论

These theories try to explain the function of the intense neural activity during REM sleep. You should be familiar with their names and authors 这些理论试图解释快速眼动睡眠期间的强烈神经活动的功能。你应该熟悉他们的名字和作者 :

Theory

理论 :

Evidence for

Psychological theories of dreaming 做梦的心理学理论

The function of dreaming has psychological explanations, such as problem solving and wish fulfilment. You should be able to describe and evaluate these theories as follows 做梦的功能有心理学的解释,如解决问题和实现愿望。你应该能够描述和评价这些理论,具体如下:

Theory

理论 :

Evidence for

支持的证据 :

Evidence against反对的证据 :

'Problem-solving' theoryWebb & Cartwright (1978):Dreams allow people to deal with their problems and come up with solutions ("Let me sleep on it.")

问题解决 "理论Webb & Cartwright (1978):

梦境使人们能够处理他们的问题,并想出解决办法("让我睡在上面。)

Realistic solutions to problems are more likely to occur after REM sleep.

Longer periods of REM are found in people with relationship or work problems.

现实的问题解决方案更有可能在快速眼动睡眠后发生。

在有关系或工作问题的人中,REM的时间较长。

Problems can be solved more quickly while awake.

在清醒的情况下,问题可以更快得到解决。

'Wish fulfilment' theoryFreud (1900):Part of his psychodynamic approach. Dream's manifest content uses symbols to hide the anxiety-causing latent content - a person's unconscious desires.

愿望实现 "理论弗洛伊德(1900):

他的心理动力学方法的一部分。梦的显性内容使用符号来掩盖导致焦虑的潜在内容--一个人的无意识欲望。

General agreement that dreams may have meaningful content.

普遍认为梦可能有意义的内容。

Content of dreams is not necessarily disguised in symbols.

Dream interpretation is subjective, so does not provide empirical evidence.

梦的内容不一定伪装在符号中。

梦的解释是主观的,所以不能提供经验性的证据。

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