Evidence for an emotional adaptive function of dreams: a cross-cultural study

Abstract The function of dreams is a longstanding scientific research question. Simulation theories of dream function, which are based on the premise that dreams represent evolutionary past selective pressures and fitness improvement through modified states of consciousness, have yet to be tested in...

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Main Authors: David R. Samson, Alice Clerget, Noor Abbas, Jeffrey Senese, Mallika S. Sarma, Sheina Lew-Levy, Ibrahim A. Mabulla, Audax Z. P. Mabulla, Valchy Miegakanda, Francesca Borghese, Pauline Henckaerts, Sophie Schwartz, Virginie Sterpenich, Lee T. Gettler, Adam Boyette, Alyssa N. Crittenden, Lampros Perogamvros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43319-z