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introduction
• long standing point of interest
• tradition of dreams as prediction
• tradition of dreams as subconscious mind
• D&K => breakthrough re frequency &
length of dreams
• also relationship of dreams to health
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REM dream reacall REM no recall non-REM dream recall non-REM no recall
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after 5 mins - right after 5 mins - wrong after 15 mins - right after 15 mins - wrong
discussion
• Dement and Wolpert
• tried to influence dreams
• sprayed water, flashed lights, played tones
• some influence on a few subjects
• people blind from birth and newborns show REM
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IR WD
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after 5 mins - wrong 2 1 0 1 2
after 5 mins - right 8 11 7 13 6
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DN IR KC WD PM
after 15 mins - wrong 5 3 1 1 3
after 15 mins - right 5 7 12 15 8