Earliest remembered dreams
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4806923 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kelly Bulkeley (0000-0002-3714-6287), Bitsy Broughton, Anita Sanchez, Joanne Stiller |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 205-222 |
| Publication date | 2005-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dreaming (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1053-0797 • E-ISSN: 1573-3351 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/1053-0797.15.3.205 |
| OpenAlex | W2156128866 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 10 |
The earliest remembered dreams (ERDs) of childhood occupy a unique position in the study of dreams. They are evidence of the psychological processes by which dreaming dawns in human consciousness. By means of such dreams, the waking self is initiated into a new dimension of reality, a reality in which the individual experiences unusual variations of awareness, knowledge, feeling, and volition. ERDs are not synonymous with the beginning of the brain/mind activation patterns underlying the ebb and flow of REM and non-REM sleep. The origin of these patterns stretches back into prenatal development, and it remains a mystery whether fetuses and very young children have genuine dreams prior to their ability to verbalize their experiences. What we do know is that, at a certain point in childhood—as early as ages 3 to 4 years, though usually a couple of years later—most individuals have specific dreams (or a series of
Psychoanalysis · Child and Animal Learning Development · Psychology · Sleep and related disorders · Sleep and Wakefulness Research
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2016 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |