Metaphor and hyperassociativity: the imagination mechanisms behind emotion assimilation in sleep and dreaming

In this paper we propose an emotion assimilation function of sleep and dreaming. We offer explanations both for the mechanisms by which waking-life memories are initially selected for processing during sleep, and for the mechanisms by which those memories are subsequently transformed during sleep, a...

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Main Authors: Josie Elizabeth Malinowski, Caroline eHorton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01132/full