To dream the possible dream

To dream the maybe possible dream: a breast cancer vaccine.

Israeli-Arab Relations; from Dream to Reality

Abstract:This study intends to review Israel's efforts to increase political and economic relations with Arab countries. It is clear that most Arab countries did not have any ties with Israel since the 1980s, and only two Egyptian states had established political relations with Israel since the 1973 war. But over the past few years, and especially after the start of the third millennium, ...

Dream incubation: ancient techniques of dream influence

Dream incubation refers collectively to the practices, rituals, techniques and efforts that an individual applies to intentionally evoke helpful dreams. Derived from the Latin verb incubare (in'upon' + cubare 'to lie'), the term connotes the support and nurturance provided by a laying mother bird for her developing egg. The parallels with dream influence are all too appropriate; in antiquity, t...

Freudian Dream Theory, Dream Bizarreness, and the Disguise-Censor Controversy

One particular area of contention in discussions of Freudian dream theory and its relation to the neuroscientific evidence is the notion of “disguise-censorship” and its relation to dream bizarreness. The discussion to date, however, has neglected the conceptual basis of repression and disguise-censorship, and this paper aims to clarify the role of repression in dreaming and its contribution to...

To sleep, perchance to dream.

Sleep is a natural human behavioral state that is crucial for survival, maintenance of health and consolidation of newly learned information. It also normally includes dream cycles that have been popularly characterized based on the occurrence of “REM” and “nonREM” sleep. Unfortunately, 25 to 35 percent of American adults suffer from transient insomnia and 10 to 15 percent suffer from chronic i...