Speculations in 'Temporal delays in incorporation of events into dreams': a reply to Roll

Powell, Russell A.; Nielsen, Tore A.

Speculations in 'Temporal delays in incorporation of events into dreams': a reply to Roll

Author

Powell, Russell A.

Nielsen, Tore A.

Date

1996

Keywords

dream content, dreaming, memory, response latency, sleep, rats, animals, arousal, dreams, humans, life change events, mental recall, psychoanalytic theory, repression, psychology, sleep, REM, time factors

Abstract (summary)

Responds to S. Roll's (1995) charge of reductionism concerning the authors' finding of a parallel between patterns of delayed incorporation of events into dreams of humans and REM sleep patterns of rats (see record 1996-16368-001 ). Also, it is argued that the disruption-avoidance-adaptation model by J. Wright and D. Koulack (1987) explains better the dream-lag effect than Roll's psychoanalytic model of repression and repetition compulsion.

Publication Information

Powell, R. A., & Nielsen, T. A. (1996). Speculations in “Temporal Delays in Incorporation of Events into Dreams:” a reply to Roll. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 82, 88-90.