Bizarreness of size and shape in dream images

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...

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Published in:Consciousness and cognition 2007-06, Vol.16 (2), p.381-390
Main Authors: Cicogna, P.C., Occhionero, M., Natale, V., Esposito, M.J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activity levels. Psychomotricity
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Binding
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition
Cognition & reasoning
Consciousness
Dreaming
Dreams
Dreams - psychology
Form Perception
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Imagery
Imagination
Memory
Models, Psychological
Perceptual Distortion
Polysomnography
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Shape bizarreness
Size bizarreness
Size Perception
Studies
Vigilance. Attention. Sleep
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1053-8100
1090-2376
DOI:10.1016/j.concog.2006.06.006