Do animals dream?
Consciousness and Cognition October 1, 2021 Josie E Malinowski, D Scheel, M Mccloskey 25 citations
The understanding of biological functions of sleep has improved recently, including an understanding of the deep evolutionary roots of sleep among animals. However, dreaming as an element of sleep may be particularly difficult to address in non-human animals because in humans dreaming involves a non-wakeful form of awareness typically identified through verbal report. Here, we argue that...
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2021.103214 (opens in new tab)
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Dreaming
Animal consciousness
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