Yuval Nir

Dreaming and the brain: from phenomenology to neurophysiology.

Trends in Cognitive Sciences January 14, 2010 Yuval Nir, Giulio Tononi

Dreams are a remarkable experiment in psychology and neuroscience, conducted every night in every sleeping person. They show that the human brain, disconnected from the environment, can generate an entire world of conscious experiences by itself. Content analysis and developmental studies have promoted understanding of dream phenomenology. In parallel, brain lesion studies, functional imaging...