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 |
|---|---|
| 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
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Can a microdynamic approach to sleep-onset imagery solve the overabundance problem of dreaming? Commentary on Tore Nielsen’s “Microdream neurophenomenology”. / Windt, Jennifer M.
In: Neuroscience of Consciousness, Vol. 2019, No. 1, niz005, 29.06.2019, p. 1-4.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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AU - Windt, Jennifer M.
PY - 2019/6/29
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N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - binding and multisensory integration
KW - hypnagogia
KW - imagery
KW - sleep and dreaming
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DO - 10.1093/nc/niz005
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JO - Neuroscience of Consciousness
JF - Neuroscience of Consciousness
SN - 2057-2107
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