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The spaces left over between REM sleep, dreaming, hippocampal formation, and episodic autobiographical memory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2013

Hans J. Markowitsch  and
Angelica Staniloiu
Hans J. Markowitsch
Affiliation:
Physiological Psychology, University of Bielefeld, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany. hjmarkowitsch@uni-bielefeld.de astaniloiu@uni-bielefeld.de http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/psychologie/ae/AE14 Center of Excellence Cognition Interaction Technology (CITEC), University of Bielefeld, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany Hanse Institute of Advanced Study, D-27753 Delmenhorst, Germany
Angelica Staniloiu
Affiliation:
Physiological Psychology, University of Bielefeld, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany. hjmarkowitsch@uni-bielefeld.de astaniloiu@uni-bielefeld.de http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/psychologie/ae/AE14
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Abstract

It is argued that Llewellyn's hypothesis about the lack of rapid eye movement (REM)-sleep dreaming leading to loss of personal identity and deficits in episodic memory, affectivity, and prospection is insufficiently grounded because it does not integrate data from neurodevelopmental studies and makes reference to an outdated definition of episodic memory.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 6 , December 2013 , pp. 622 - 623
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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