Psychological Research
June 1, 2023
Georgina Nemeth
The goal of this paper is to shed new light on the relation between dream recall and dream experiences by providing a thorough analysis of the process that leads to dream reports. Three crucial steps of this process will be distinguished: dream production (the generation of a conscious experience during sleep), dream encoding (storing a trace of this experience in memory) and dream retrieval...
Frontiers in Neurology
2020
Peter Fazekas, Georgina Nemeth
14 citations
Hobson's AIM theory offers a general framework for thinking about states of consciousness like wakefulness, REM dreaming and NREM mentations in terms of a state space defined by the dimensions of the level of brain activity, the source of input, and the type of neurochemical modulation. This account inspired theoretical models of other altered states of consciousness-including hypnosis-claiming...
Sleep Medicine Reviews
February 1, 2019
Peter Fazekas, Georgina Nemeth, Morten Overgaard
Reports of white dreams, the feeling of having had a dream experience without being able to specify this experience any further, make up almost one third of all dream reports, yet this phenomenon-until very recently-had not yet been in the focus of targeted investigations. White dreams are typically interpreted as forgotten dreams, and are sidelined as not being particularly informative with...
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
September 19, 2018
Peter Fazekas, Georgina Nemeth
This paper approaches the debate whether perceptual consciousness requires cognitive access from the perspective of dream studies, and investigates what kind of findings could support the opposing views of this debate. Two kinds of arguments are discussed, one that claims that the hypoactivity of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in rapid eye movement sleep is directly relevant, and another...
Mentálhigiéné és Pszichoszomatika
August 19, 2011
Georgina Nemeth, Éva Bányai
2 citations
Számos személyiségjellemzőről bebizonyosodott már, hogy kapcsolatba hozható az álmokra való emlékezés képességével. Több kutatás irányult az alvásminőség és az álomfelidézés kapcsolatának feltárására is. Szintén sokakat inspirált az álom tartalmi jellemzői és az álmok felidézhetősége közti viszony megragadása. Mind ez idáig azonban nem került egy kutatás fókuszába sem az életminőség és az...