The publication of Sigmund Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams (1900/2000) marked the birth of psychoanalysis in the public consciousness. Since then, therapeutic work with dreams has formed a central element for the practice and teaching of all schools in the tradition of psychoanalysis and depth psychology. Nevertheless, it is precisely this core element of work with unconscious contents...
Abstract Sleep is a naturally recurring process bidirectionally related to psychology, physiology, and environment. Individuals’ experiences of sleep vary widely, yet research exploring sleep experiences tends to focus on clinical populations, and when conducted in the general population, heavily relies on quantitative measures. This exploratory study represents a novel approach by exploring...
This paper explores the Slavic Rozhanitsy as archetypal figures who symbolically mediate feminine temporality, embodied cycles, and the individuation process within a Jungian and post-Jungian framework. Drawing on comparative mythology, cultural anthropology, and feminist depth psychology, it situates menstruation, fertility, and menopause as not merely biological phenomena but as thresholds...
Biological Quantum-Analogous Cognition (BQAC) is a theoretical framework proposingthatconsciousnessisbestunderstoodasabiologicallyevolvedprocessformanagingunresolvedpossibilities under conditions of uncertainty. BQAC does not claim that the brain is literallyquantum mechanical, that cognition depends on macroscopic quantum computation, or thatconsciousness requires exotic physical substrates....
Revista ExtraprensaMay 12, 2026Éder Rodrigues Dos Santos, Celso Luiz Prudente
The cinema in question is brought to the screen through the ontological protagonism perceived in Black cinema, in the demands of Indigenous filmography. However, we perceive a Merleau-Pontyan dialogical relationship with the dynamics of Amazonian shamanism, when navigating the dimensions of the visible and the invisible—a method proposed in this work for understanding Yanomami cinema. Both the...
While the relationship between bad dreams, nightmares, and brain health is a relatively new area of research, the evidence to date has been remarkably consistent. Across a range of studies, including both cross-sectional and longitudinal designs, the emerging pattern is clear: more frequent disturbing dreams (bad dreams or nightmares) are linked with poorer cognitive performance and a higher...
Introduction: There is an ongoing debate among proponents of different alexithymia frameworks regarding whether impoverished imaginal processes constitute a core component of the alexithymia construct. The current study examined whether alexithymia was associated with fantasising for emotion regulation and a series of brief (day)dreaming indicators. Material and methods: A total of 271 Polish...
Abstract Descartes’ cogito ergo sum emerges as an answer to an epistemological crisis: the search for an indubitable foundation in a world vulnerable to error, dreaming, and deception. In the contemporary landscape, however, cognitive activities once experienced as “internal” (reasoning, planning, remembering, writing) are increasingly delegated to artificial intelligence systems. This paper...
Background: Post-traumatic stress disorder often leads to ongoing sleep difficulties such as insomnia and nightmares, which can interfere with mood, concentration, and daily activities. Guided imagery, a relaxation method that uses calming, multisensory visualizations, has shown potential to improve sleep and reduce distress in people experiencing high stress or trauma. This study evaluates the...
The RU-SATED measure (Buysse, 2014) is a 6-item scale assessing sleep health dimensions: Regularity, Satisfaction, Alertness, Timing, Efficiency, and Duration. This study aimed to (1) establish convergent and discriminant validity of the RU-SATED with established sleep measures, and (2) evaluate three candidate items to expand the scale to include dream health (RU-SATED-D). Undergraduate...