doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01353.
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Dissociative states in dreams and brain chaos: implications for creative awareness
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Dissociative states in dreams and brain chaos: implications for creative awareness
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Abstract
This article reviews recent findings indicating some common brain processes during dissociative states and dreaming with the aim to outline a perspective that neural chaotic states during dreaming can be closely related to dissociative states that may manifest in dreams scenery. These data are in agreement with various clinical findings that dissociated states can be projected into the "dream scenery" in REM sleep periods and dreams may represent their specific interactions that may uncover unusual psychological potential of creativity in psychotherapy, art, and scientific discoveries.
Keywords: chaos; creativity; dissociation; dreams; self-organization.
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