The Scientific Boundaries of Dreaming: From Neural Correlates and Subjective Realness to Functional Causality and Anomalous-Information Hypotheses / 梦的科学边界
Xinyue Huang
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) September 26, 2026 preprint DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22980187 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review |
|---|---|
| Topics | Dreaming |
| Key findings | Argues that existing evidence supports treating dreams as sleep-generated experiences with variable immersion and metacognition, but does not justify a single function for all dreams, faithful decoding of arbitrary dreams, or a channel to parallel worlds. |
Abstract
Preprint (not peer-reviewed). Version 1.0. Literature checked to 2026-09-27. Critical review of dream science covering neural correlates, dream reports versus experience, lucid-dream communication, memory and creativity claims, a causal-identification argument, and anomalous-information / precognition hypotheses. Main claim: existing evidence supports treating dreams as sleep-generated experiences with variable immersion and metacognition, but does not justify a single function for all dreams, faithful decoding of arbitrary dreams, or a channel to parallel worlds. AI was used to assist literature retrieval, verification, and drafting. The author is responsible for the arguments and source judgments. 中文专论预印本,未经同行评议。作者亦署 Hyston Huang(黄欣悦)。项目:盗梦笔记。
Comparable studies
Other narrative reviews on dreaming, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The cognitive neuroscience of lucid dreaming | 2019 | Review | |
| Sleep and dreaming are for important matters | 2013 | Review | |
| Nightmare Disorder and Isolated Sleep Paralysis | 2020 | Review | |
| My Dream, My Rules: Can Lucid Dreaming Treat Nightmares? | 2019 | Review | |
| Dream Recall: State or Trait Variable? Part I: Model, Theories, Methodology and Trait Factors | 1996 | Review |