Abstract neural connections, the neuroscience of dreaming

The Science of Dreams

From REM discovery to Jungian archetypes, Walker's overnight therapy to Barrett's problem-solving research, the neuroscience behind why and how we dream.

7
Pillars
100+
Years of research
6
Nobel laureates cited
Lucid Dreaming

Lucid Dreaming: Scientific Proof

1975, present

LaBerge, Hearne, Stanford

REM Sleep Discovery

REM Sleep Discovery

1953, present

Aserinsky, Kleitman, Dement

Why We Sleep: Matthew Walker

Why We Sleep: Matthew Walker

2017, present

UC Berkeley

Activation-Synthesis Hypothesis

Activation-Synthesis Hypothesis

1977, present

Hobson, McCarley, Harvard

Dreams & Problem-Solving: Barrett

Dreams & Problem-Solving: Barrett

1993, present

Deirdre Barrett, Harvard

Freud vs Jung: Two Dream Theories

Freud vs Jung: Two Dream Theories

1900-1961

Wish fulfillment vs compensation

Freud vs Jung: Two Dream Theories

Freud vs Jung: Two Dream Theories

1900-1961

Wish fulfillment vs compensation

Freud: The Interpretation of Dreams

Freud: The Interpretation of Dreams

1900

Vienna, psychoanalysis

Jung: Dream Symbols and Archetypes List

Jung: Dream Symbols and Archetypes List

Shadow, Anima, Trickster, Self

12 archetypal figures and images

Jung: How He Read Dreams

Jung: How He Read Dreams

Compensation, amplification, series

Method, individuation, active imagination

Jung: Dreams & Archetypes

Jung: Dreams & Archetypes

1916-1961

Zürich, analytical psychology

Freud's Dream Symbols

Freud's Dream Symbols

Manifest and latent content

Condensation, displacement, the unconscious

What did your unconscious write last night?

The Dream Library is the map. Your dream is the territory.

Read Your Dream

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