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“They who dream by day”: Parallels between Openness to Experience and dreaming

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2013

Colin G. DeYoung  and
Rachael G. Grazioplene
Colin G. DeYoung
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455. cdeyoung@umn.edu rachael.grazioplene@gmail.com http://www.tc.umn.edu/~cdeyoung/
Rachael G. Grazioplene
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455. cdeyoung@umn.edu rachael.grazioplene@gmail.com http://www.tc.umn.edu/~cdeyoung/
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Abstract

Individuals high in the personality trait Openness to Experience appear to engage spontaneously (during wake) in processes of elaborative encoding similar to those Llewellyn identifies in both dreaming and the ancient art of memory (AAOM). Links between Openness and dreaming support the hypothesis that dreaming is part of a larger process of cognitive exploration that facilitates adaptation to new experiences.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 6 , December 2013 , pp. 615
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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