Abstract
Nielsen proposes that a microdynamic approach to experiences occurring in the earliest stages of sleep onset, which he calls microdreams, can shed light on the process of dream imagery formation. I discuss microdreams in the context of simulation views, in which dreaming is defined as the immersive experience of a virtual world centered on a virtual self. I also evaluate his proposal to expand the dimensions included in the oneiragogic spectrum by kinesis. I conclude that while a subset of microdreams might not fulfill the conditions to count as even minimal dreams, their investigation can nonetheless help address key questions in dream research and may even constitute a distinctive pathway to the generation of full-fledged dreaming.
Original language | English |
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Article number | niz005 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-4 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Neuroscience of Consciousness |
Volume | 2019 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 29 Jun 2019 |
Keywords
- binding and multisensory integration
- hypnagogia
- imagery
- sleep and dreaming
- sleep onset