History of dream research: The dissertation “Entstehung der Träume (Origin of dreams)” of Wilhelm Weygandt published in 1893
heiDOK (Heidelberg University) 2010 DOI: 10.11588/ijodr.2010.1.507 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Dream Content measure theory Psychoanalysis Epistemology Psychotherapist |
| Key findings | Weygandt's claim that all dreams emanate from sensory impressions is not valid, but his observations and experiments yielded interesting results that should be studied using modern methodology. |
Abstract
This article reviews the dissertation of Wilhelm Weygandt that was supervised by Wilhelm Wundt. The claim of the author that all dreams emanate from sensory impression is not valid anymore; nevertheless the careful observations and experiments yielded interesting results which should be studied in-depth using modern methodology, for example, the effect of internal stimuli on dream content.