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From Freud to acetylcholine: Does the AAOM suffice to construct a dream?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2013

Helene Sophrin Porte
Helene Sophrin Porte*
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. hsp2@cornell.edu
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Abstract

Toward illuminating the structure of Llewellyn's dream theory, I compare it in formal terms to Freud's dream theory. An alternative to both of these dream machines, grounded in the distribution of cholinergic activation in the central nervous system, is presented. It is suggested that neither “high” nor “low” dream theory is sufficient to account for the properties of dreams.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 6 , December 2013 , pp. 626 - 628
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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