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.
Lucid Dreaming: Scientific Proof
1975, present
LaBerge, Hearne, Stanford
REM Sleep Discovery
1953, present
Aserinsky, Kleitman, Dement
Dreaming in Non-REM Sleep
1962, present
Foulkes, Nielsen, Siclari
Why We Sleep: Matthew Walker
2017, present
UC Berkeley
Activation-Synthesis Hypothesis
1977, present
Hobson, McCarley, Harvard
Dreams & Problem-Solving: Barrett
1993, present
Deirdre Barrett, Harvard
Freud vs Jung: Two Dream Theories
1900-1961
Wish fulfillment vs compensation
The Dream Scientists
1953, present
Thirteen researchers who built the field
Threat Simulation Theory
2000, present
Revonsuo, University of Turku
The Continuity Hypothesis
1966, present
Hall, Domhoff, Schredl
Dreams & Emotional Regulation
1991, present
Cartwright, Walker, Hartmann
Freud: The Interpretation of Dreams
1900
Vienna, psychoanalysis
Jung: Dream Symbols and Archetypes List
Shadow, Anima, Trickster, Self
12 archetypal figures and images
Jung: How He Read Dreams
Compensation, amplification, series
Method, individuation, active imagination
Jung: Dreams & Archetypes
1916-1961
Zürich, analytical psychology
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.
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