Dreams and dreamless sleep
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5039461 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George H Gillespie (0000-0002-3353-3028, Franciscan Health Mooresville, corresponding author), George Gillespie |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 199-207 |
| Publication date | 2002-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dreaming (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1053-0797 • E-ISSN: 1573-3351 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1023/a:1021104527848 |
| OpenAlex | W2069830481 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
Dreamless sleep, as subjective experience, is mentioned primarily within Hindu and Buddhist contexts. In the Upanishads, dreamless sleep is presented for the most part as objectless consciousness. Tibetan Buddhists speak of dreamless sleep in terms of a progression of visual experiences consisting of darkness and light. Contemporary discussions of dreaming, unless concerned with Eastern religion or philosophy, do not tend to mention dreamless sleep. For some writers today, dreaming includes all subjective experience during sleep, leaving no room for an experience of dreamless sleep. Some writers describe dreaming as a simulation of waking life. Since not all experience during sleep is simulation, this concept allows for experiences during sleep that may be understood to be other than dreaming. The writer finds it useful to consider simulation as the determining characteristic of dreaming and finds certain other sleep experiences then that are best considered to be “dreamless
Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Psychoanalysis · Sleep (system call · Computer Science · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Psychology · Sleep and Wakefulness Research
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |