Another question: Decorticate animals may writhe and pass and even groan. Are they dreaming?
n On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 1:11 PM Nicholas Thompson <thompnicks...@gmail.com> wrote: > Qyestions about dreams; > > When do dreams happen. do they happen when we are asleep, or are they > memories generated by the flooding of the brain with stimulation about > awakening? > > Is dreaminess a specific physiological state: For instance, if you set > your self the task of writing a story immediately upon awakening, will it > be more dreamy? Have you noticed that it's much more difficulty to > remember a dream if you don't "lock it in" on first awakening. > > Why is memory of dreams so variable. IMHE, it's very easy to increase or > decrease the amount one dreams or the amount one remembers of one's > dreaming. Retaining or gernerating dream experiences requires some > effort. > > And why would you want to do that? > > NIck > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 4:15 PM Jochen Fromm <j...@cas-group.net> wrote: > >> Did you notice that some of the most successful movies from Spielberg are >> about our deepest fears? Jurassic Park is about monsters from the past. >> Jaws is about monsters which lurk in the deep blue sea. Indiana Jones is >> about monsters (and treasures) hiding in dark tombs. >> >> Paul Boom remarks in his book "The Sweet Spot" that psychologists have >> long known that unpleasant dreams are more frequent than pleasant ones. Why >> is that so? Do unpleasant dreams prepare us for possible dangers or are we >> just relieved that the are over if they end? >> >> >> https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-sweet-spot-paul-bloom?variant=40262533840930 >> >> >> -J. >> >> >> -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: 5/2017 thru present >> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >> >
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