PSYC 385 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Prefrontal Cortex, Biphasic And Polyphasic Sleep, Hypnopompic

• School: Emory University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 385
• Professor: Hillary Rodman

Document Summary

Ld and the relationship w/creativity and dream features. The great dreams leading to more ld or frequency of ld leading to more great dreams: dreaming and the dmn. Set of areas that are active when others are not. Mind wandering associated with -- medial prefrontal cortex, post cingulate, lateral parietal cortex. Attention associated with -- (dorsal) ant cingulate, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, (ant) insula: the wandering mind during sleep, carwrights emotional workspace model, schredl, modern spin on symbols in dreams. If trauma is severe enough, dreaming may be counterproductive: sensory qualities, emotions and positive and negative events. This year has a slightly more positive profile. No diff in lucid dreaming freq across the diff classes: cross-cultural perspectives on sleep and dreaming, hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations. Interpretation of this phenomena in different and unique ways based on cultural/ethnic backgrounds: unique sleep disorders profile of a pop, hmong sample characteristics.