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March 24, 2005 A. Powell
This book argues that dominant psychoanalytic approaches to horror films neglect the aesthetics of horror. Yet cinematic devices such as mise en scene, editing and sound, are central to the viewer's visceral fear and arousal. Using Deleuze's work on art and film, Anna Powell argues that film viewing is a form of 'altered consciousness' and the experience of viewing horror film an 'embodied...
Brain Research Bulletin March 15, 2005 Róbert Bódizs, Melinda Sverteczki, Alpár Sándor Lázár et al.
The covert-rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep hypothesis of dreaming suggests that elements of REM sleep emerge during sleep onset, leading to vivid hypnagogic imagery. Based on parahippocampal electrocorticography of epileptic patients we found an increase in REM-like 1.5-3.0 Hz parahippocampal activity during wake-sleep transition, which peaks after on average 30s of sleep onset, and reaches 82%...
Transcultural Psychiatry March 1, 2005 Samuel Law, Laurence J. Kirmayer
Traditional and contemporary Inuit concepts of sleep paralysis were investigated through interviews with elders and young people in Iqaluit, Baffin Island. Sleep paralysis was readily recognized by most respondents and termed uqumangirniq (in the Baffin region) or aqtuqsinniq (Kivalliq region). Traditional interpretations of uqumangirniq referred to a shamanistic cosmology in which the...
Transcultural Psychiatry March 1, 2005 Richard J McNally, Susan A Clancy
Sleep paralysis accompanied by hypnopompic ('upon awakening') hallucinations is an often-frightening manifestation of discordance between the cognitive/perceptual and motor aspects of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Awakening sleepers become aware of an inability to move, and sometimes experience intrusion of dream mentation into waking consciousness (e.g. seeing intruders in the bedroom). In...
Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses February 1, 2005 Leanne Sheen, Jenny Oates
Critically ill patients who require mechanical ventilation in intensive care units (ICUs) are usually sedated with drugs such as Morphine and Midazolam in order to facilitate ventilation, relieve pain and lower metabolic demands. Participants in this research were sedated to the point of 'medically induced unconsciousness' in that they were non eye opening nor responsive to verbal directives. A...
Movement Disorders February 2005 Nico J Diederich, Christopher G Goetz, Glenn T Stebbins
Visual hallucinations (VH) in Parkinson's disease (PD) are a chronic complication in 30 to 60% of treated patients and have a multifaceted phenomenology. Flickering, faultive impressions, and illusionary misperceptions precede the core syndrome of stereotyped, colorful images. The patient variably recognizes these images as hallucinations, being rarely irritated or frightened and more often...
Progress in Brain Research 2005 Pierre Maquet, Perrine Ruby, Audrey Maudoux et al.
In this chapter, we aimed at further characterizing the functional neuroanatomy of the human rapid eye movement (REM) sleep at the population level. We carried out a meta-analysis of a large dataset of positron emission tomography (PET) scans acquired during wakefulness, slow wave sleep and REM sleep, and focused especially on the brain areas in which the activity diminishes during REM sleep....
Dreaming December 1, 2004 Susan Malcolm‐Smith, Mark Solms 31 citations
A. Revonsuo (2000b) proposed an evolutionary theory of dreaming, stating it is a threat simulation mechanism that allowed early humans to rehearse threat perception and avoidance without biological cost. The present study aimed to establish the proportion of dreams containing physical threats to the dreamer, whether these represent realistic life-threatening events, and whether the dreamer...
Perceptual and Motor Skills December 1, 2004 Daniel Erlacher, Michael Schredl
The present study investigated the relationship between the time required for specific tasks (counting and performing squats) in lucid dreams and in the waking state. Five proficient lucid dreamers (26-34 yr. old, M=29.8, SD=3.0; one woman and four men) participated. Analysis showed that the time needed for counting in a lucid dream is comparable to the time needed for counting in wakefulness,...
Learning & Memory November 1, 2004 Jonathan Winson 2 citations preprint
“While the neurophysiological and neurochemical bases of dreams will ultimately be uncovered, a full understanding requires an explanation of dream content that makes sense in both psychological and neurobiological terms.” Payne and Nadel 2004 First, Ken Paller (Paller and Voss 2004) is to be congratulated for bringing together a prime and comprehensive group of researchers for this special...