Do You Suppose That, in Addition to the Sensorimotor Isolation of REM, There Is Impairment of Intrinsic Attentional Processes That We Experience as an Inability to Observe and Think in Our Dreams?

Posner, Michael

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Michael Posner²

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I answer this question in the spirit of the general Hobson theory which seeks a mechanistic answer to Dream Consciousness. The problem of consciousness involves two aspects for which attention is central: awareness and control. Clearly we are aware in the dream state, but for most people the ability to be in control of the dream content is lost.

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Posner, M. (2014). Do You Suppose That, in Addition to the Sensorimotor Isolation of REM, There Is Impairment of Intrinsic Attentional Processes That We Experience as an Inability to Observe and Think in Our Dreams?. In: Tranquillo, N. (eds) Dream Consciousness. Vienna Circle Institute Library, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07296-8_28

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07296-8_28
Published: 02 July 2014
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