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The future of dream science
Author(s) -
Bulkeley Kelly
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/nyas.13415
Subject(s) - dream , meaning (existential) , psychology , lucid dream , sleep (system call) , epistemology , cognitive science , neuroscience , psychotherapist , computer science , philosophy , medicine , ganoderma lucidum , ganoderma , operating system , traditional medicine
This article describes the future prospects of scientific dream research. Three frontiers of investigation hold special promise: neuroscientific studies of the brain–mind system's activities during sleep (such as during lucid dreaming); systematic analyses of large collections of dream reports from diverse populations of people; and psychotherapeutic explorations of the multiple dimensions of personal and collective meaning woven into the dream experiences of each individual. Several helpful books on the science of sleep and dreaming are mentioned for further study.