This thesis is a contribution to the ongoing discussion of dreams in the Islendingasogur. Most previous scholarship on this subject has dealt with one of the following: either attempted to identify a scheme to explain the origin of saga dreams (e.g. identifying influence from European dream-book theory on saga dreams), or attempted to explain the saga dreams using what can be referred to as the...

Two motives have stimulated investigating the relationship between dreaming and mental disorders. First, the dream state itself was conceptualized by several theorists (e.g., 1) as a mental disorder and, in reverse, hallucinations of schizophrenic patients have been thought of as breakthroughs of dreams into the waking state (e.g., 2). Second, many clinicians since Freud have attempted to use d...

In the present paper, we present an argument and an initial model connecting research into the functional role of dreams with simulation theories. Traditionally, although theories that describe the refinement of simulations exist, the origin of these simulations is not considered in detail. Similarly, research into the functional role of dreams tends to focus on adults, with less regard to the ...

In the 1950’s, dream researchers commonly thought that dreams were predominantly a black-and-white phenomenon, although both earlier and later treatments of dreaming presume or assert that dreams have color. The first half of the twentieth century saw the rise of black-and-white film media, and it is likely that the emergence of the view that dreams are black-and-white was connected with this c...

BACKGROUND Images evoked immediately before the induction of anesthesia with the help of suggestions may influence dreaming during anesthesia.The aim of the study was to assess the incidence of evoked dreams and dream recalls by employing suggestions before induction of anesthesia while administering different general anesthetic combinations. METHODS This is a single center, prospective rando...

Freud’s (1) theory of dream recall explains low dream recall frequency as a consequence of repression. According to his theory, dreams containing unacceptable drives or wishes which were not sufficiently altered by the dream-censor are repressed to prevent conscious knowledge of these contents. If one views repression as an inadequate coping strategy, low dream recall would reflect poor adjustm...

In the past, several studies have been carried out to analyze the effects of various psychoactive drugs on dreaming, e.g., LSD (1), imipramine (antidepressants) (2) or other drugs (3). These studies were almost always investigations on effects of temporary drug administration and on normal volunteers subjects. Effect of psychoactive substances abstinence or cessation, on dream content of chroni...