Dream Content Scanning without Coding
Perceptual and Motor Skills August 1, 1977 DOI: 10.2466/pms.1977.45.1.239 (opens in new tab)
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractA computer system retrieves dream reports in response to questions by using a large thesaurus of semantic relations, avoiding manual coding. For a given question word, the system automatically finds dreams containing related words (synonyms, subnotions) and prints them. Four examples illustrate the method, and limitations from linguistic difficulties are discussed.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Key finding | Describes a system that retrieves dream reports via semantic relations without manual coding, with examples and noted linguistic limitations. |
Abstract
An efficient system is described which allows the retrieval from dreams in response to certain questions. No coding is necessary, as the computer works with a large thesaurus containing all semantic relations. For each chosen question word it is possible to find automatically all dreams containing related words (synonyms, subnotions, etc.) and to print them in the output list. Four examples are given and some limitations due to linguistic difficulties discussed.