ABSTRACT Dreaming can be explained as the product of an interaction among memory processes, elaborative processes, and phenomenal awareness. A feedback circuit is activated by this interaction according to the associative links and the requirements of the dream scene. Recently, it has been hypothesized that a partial similarity exists between dreaming and mind wandering and that these two processes may involve the same neural default network. This commentary discusses the differences and similarities between phenomenal consciousness during dreaming and phenomenal consciousness during mind wandering from the perspective of the “continuity” of engagement of cognitive systems. The greatest difference consists in the lack of reality testing during dreaming. Dream imagery is hallucinatory by nature. Consequently, the simulated world in dreams makes dream imagery more akin to perception. In contrast, the imagery of mind wandering is more similar to imagination. The level of meta-awareness is preserved more frequently and to a greater degree in mind wandering.

Phenomenal consciousness in dreams and in mind wandering / Occhionero, Miranda; Piera Carla, Cicogna. - In: PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1465-394X. - STAMPA. - 29:7(2016), pp. 958-966. [10.1080/09515089.2016.1213800]

Phenomenal consciousness in dreams and in mind wandering

OCCHIONERO, MIRANDA;CICOGNA, PIERA CARLA
2016

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ABSTRACT Dreaming can be explained as the product of an interaction among memory processes, elaborative processes, and phenomenal awareness. A feedback circuit is activated by this interaction according to the associative links and the requirements of the dream scene. Recently, it has been hypothesized that a partial similarity exists between dreaming and mind wandering and that these two processes may involve the same neural default network. This commentary discusses the differences and similarities between phenomenal consciousness during dreaming and phenomenal consciousness during mind wandering from the perspective of the “continuity” of engagement of cognitive systems. The greatest difference consists in the lack of reality testing during dreaming. Dream imagery is hallucinatory by nature. Consequently, the simulated world in dreams makes dream imagery more akin to perception. In contrast, the imagery of mind wandering is more similar to imagination. The level of meta-awareness is preserved more frequently and to a greater degree in mind wandering.
2016
Phenomenal consciousness in dreams and in mind wandering / Occhionero, Miranda; Piera Carla, Cicogna. - In: PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1465-394X. - STAMPA. - 29:7(2016), pp. 958-966. [10.1080/09515089.2016.1213800]
Occhionero, Miranda; Piera Carla, Cicogna
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