Emotion regulation as reflected in children’s dreams – a developmental test of the neurocognitive dream theory
Mentálhigiéné és Pszichoszomatika June 1, 2016 Piroska Sándor, Sára Szakadát, Róbert Bódizs
Introduction Although REM sleep plays an important role in neural maturation, developmental aspects of dream research are relatively neglected compared to studies focusing on adults. Adult research found that REM sleep and dreams take certain roles in emotional adaptation, including the processing of emotional events, consolidation of emotional memories and the downregulation of reactions to...