Dreams have long been the focus of multidisciplinary research: psychoanalytic, neuroscientific, and clinical psychology. Recent neuropsychological studies (Fis- chmann et al., 2013; Hopkins, 2016; Solms, 2000, 2015) have provided strong evidence for the classic psychoana- lytic concept (Freud, 1900/1953; Jung, 1960a, 1960b) that dreams have both a biological and a psychological func- tion (Hoss & Gongloff, 2019). At the beginning of the 20th century, Sigmund Freud floated the hypothesis of conti- nuity between dreaming and waking life (Freud, 1900/1953). This connection was formalized in the con- tinuity hypothesis, which holds that dream content reflects waking concerns, thoughts, interests and experiences (Domhoff, 1996; Domhoff & Schneider, 2008; Schredl & Hoffman, 2003). It appears that one of the main functions of dreaming is to increase the dreamer’s capacity to process emotion, by elaborating on stressful experiences and psychic conflicts.
Introduction to the Special Section on Working on dreams, from psychotherapy to neuroscience / Giovanardi, G.; Spangler, P.. - In: RESEARCH IN PSYCHOTHERAPY. - ISSN 2239-8031. - 24:2(2021), pp. 107-110. [10.4081/ripppo.2021.578]
Introduction to the Special Section on Working on dreams, from psychotherapy to neuroscience
Giovanardi G.;
2021
Abstract
Dreams have long been the focus of multidisciplinary research: psychoanalytic, neuroscientific, and clinical psychology. Recent neuropsychological studies (Fis- chmann et al., 2013; Hopkins, 2016; Solms, 2000, 2015) have provided strong evidence for the classic psychoana- lytic concept (Freud, 1900/1953; Jung, 1960a, 1960b) that dreams have both a biological and a psychological func- tion (Hoss & Gongloff, 2019). At the beginning of the 20th century, Sigmund Freud floated the hypothesis of conti- nuity between dreaming and waking life (Freud, 1900/1953). This connection was formalized in the con- tinuity hypothesis, which holds that dream content reflects waking concerns, thoughts, interests and experiences (Domhoff, 1996; Domhoff & Schneider, 2008; Schredl & Hoffman, 2003). It appears that one of the main functions of dreaming is to increase the dreamer’s capacity to process emotion, by elaborating on stressful experiences and psychic conflicts.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.