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A 7 page overview of the phenomena of dreaming. This paper explores the views of Freud, Skinner, Jung and Yalom to contend that dreams can how dreams can be used to evaluate the inner turmoil of a patient in the therapeutic environment. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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perceived dreams as some type of magical window into another world, a world in which one was variable invincible to outside forces or extraordinarily sensitive to those forces. In
the last century scientist have devoted considerable effort to more carefully defining dreams and understanding the physiological and mental processes which lead to them. Sigmund Freuds "Interpretation of Dreams"
is one of the most widely recognized of these efforts. Over one-hundred years old, however, this analysis is not thought to be riddled with inaccuracies as to what causes
dreams and what dreams mean. Never-the-less, Freuds work on dreams has impacted a number of researchers both during his lifetime and afterward. None, however, have been able
to present an infallible expose on dreams and dreaming. We do know that the phenomena of dreaming has neurological associations. Neuronal firing
frequencies vary, of course, in accordance with a number of both external and internal stimuli (Anthony and Thibodeau, 1983). Differences in the firing characteristics differ significantly between times of
wakefulness and times of sleep (Anthony and Thibodeau, 1983). Dreams occur during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. Some researchers investigating REM sleep report an interaction of
the anterior cingulate cortex, amygdaloid complexes and posterior areas of the brain (Maquet et. al., 1996). They speculate that these interactions may have an effect on memory traces (Maquet
et. al., 1996). While many scientists believe that dreams are nothing more than the effect of random neuronal firing, however, many other continue to seek a deeper meaning of
dreams (Siegel and Adams, 1999). Freud, of course, viewed dreams as being a window into an individuals inner problems. One
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