Michele Guescini

A new theoretical approach to the functional meaning of sleep and dreaming in humans based on the maintenance of 'predictive psychic homeostasis'.

Communicative & Integrative Biology November 1, 2011 Luigi F Agnati, Peter W Barlow, František Baluška et al.

Different theories have been put forward during the last decade to explain the functional meaning of sleep and dreaming in humans. In the present paper, a new theory is presented which, while taking advantage of these earlier theories, introduces the following new and original aspects: • Circadian rhythms relevant to various organs of the body affect the reciprocal interactions which operate to...