Incidence of Threat in Dreams: A Response to Revonsuo's Threat Simulation Theory.
Dreaming December 1, 2004 Susan Malcolm‐Smith, Mark Solms 31 citations
A. Revonsuo (2000b) proposed an evolutionary theory of dreaming, stating it is a threat simulation mechanism that allowed early humans to rehearse threat perception and avoidance without biological cost. The present study aimed to establish the proportion of dreams containing physical threats to the dreamer, whether these represent realistic life-threatening events, and whether the dreamer...