As to the “how” of dreaming, the primary cognitive process that pro-duces dreaming is “simulation.” Simulation is a type of thinking that places a person in imagined hypothetical situations.

The dreaming brain may indeed be planning and testing scenarios, observing and altering them in an attempt to reach a desired outcome. The following series is an example.

Dreaming may be best described as a simulated subjective experience in which dreamers experience themselves as embodied participants in (or embodied observers of) an event, almost always …

Lucid dreaming is characterized by a mixture of brain wave (EEG) features of REM sleep and waking and many of the physiological characteristics of REM sleep (eye movements, increases in …

In the present talk I will outline characteristic features of dreaming that distinguish this state from waking cognition. I will then present a series of studies investigating the neural correlates of dreaming using …

The discovery of a relationship between REM sleep and dreaming was a major impetus for modern sleep research. However, we now know that REM sleep is not necessary for dreaming, that …

While Freud popularized the notion that dreams are meaningful, the understanding of dreaming and practice of dreamwork evolved dramatically both within Freud’s time and ever since.