A comparison of measures of emotions from written reports of dreams and waking experiences
E. K. Conklin
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
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| Key points | Argues that claims about emotions in dreams being infrequent and mostly unpleasant are ambiguous because empirical opinions on waking-sleep mentation differ, waking is assumed as a baseline without quantitative comparison, and researchers have not addressed the nature of emotions or possible sleep-physiology constraints. Proposes that an intrasubject comparison of waking and dream emotions would be worthwhile. |
Abstract
Various researchers have noted that emotions expressed in dream reports are infrequent and, more often, unpleasant. These observations are ambiguous for several reasons: (1) Empirical opinions differ markedly with regard to the structure of mentation across the continuum of waking and sleeping experience. (2) While the waking state is usually assumed as an implicit baseline, few studies have quantitatively compared waking and dream emotions. (3) Dream researchers have not thought about the basic nature of emotions or certain constraints which sleep physiology might impose upon emotions. In light of these assertions and considerations, an intrasubject comparison of emotions in reports of waking experiences and dreams might seem worthwhile.
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