Bizarreness in dreams is defined as an unusual combination of features in the phenomenal unified consciousness, that is an incoherent simulation of the waking world. The present study investigated the specific mechanisms underlying dream image production and the phenomenal unity of consciousness by focusing on size and shape bizarreness. Data were derived from a Dream Data Bank of experimental dream studies. Analyses revealed that feature distortion was quite infrequent. Results are discussed in terms of cognitive processes proposed in a dream production model. Theoretical cognitive constructs, such as Kosslyn’s imagery model, memory systems functioning, and binding, were used to speculate about these two specific types of bizarreness
Bizarreness of size and shape in dream images / Cicogna P.C.; Occhionero M.; Natale V.; Esposito M.J.. - In: CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION. - ISSN 1053-8100. - STAMPA. - 16:(2007), pp. 381-390. [10.1016/j.concog.2006.06.006]
Bizarreness of size and shape in dream images
CICOGNA, PIERA CARLA;OCCHIONERO, MIRANDA;NATALE, VINCENZO;ESPOSITO, MARIA JOSE'
2007
Abstract
Bizarreness in dreams is defined as an unusual combination of features in the phenomenal unified consciousness, that is an incoherent simulation of the waking world. The present study investigated the specific mechanisms underlying dream image production and the phenomenal unity of consciousness by focusing on size and shape bizarreness. Data were derived from a Dream Data Bank of experimental dream studies. Analyses revealed that feature distortion was quite infrequent. Results are discussed in terms of cognitive processes proposed in a dream production model. Theoretical cognitive constructs, such as Kosslyn’s imagery model, memory systems functioning, and binding, were used to speculate about these two specific types of bizarrenessI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
