Being naked in dreams

• Verfasst von: Schredl, Michael [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Being naked in dreams
• Titelzusatz: analysis of a long dream series
• Verf.angabe: Michael Schredl
• E-Jahr: 2021
• Jahr: 2021-10-31
• Umfang: 5 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 02.11.2021
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: International journal of dream research
• Ort Quelle: Heidelberg : Univ.-Bibliothek, 2008
• Jahr Quelle: 2021
• Band/Heft Quelle: 14(2021), 2, Seite 327-331
• ISSN Quelle: 1866-7953
• DOI: doi:10.11588/ijodr.2021.2.82663
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Secondary consciousness
• K10plus-PPN: 1775892387
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

Some theorists claimed that dreams show mainly features of primary consciousness but lack the characteristics of secondary consciousness like self-reflection, abstract thinking, and metacognition. One approach to this question is to study dreams in which the basic pattern of the dream involves higher-order consciousness processing. In a dream series of 12,159 dreams, the topic of “being totally or partially nude” was analyzed since the associated shame/embarrassment is a result of the dreamer’s worries about what others might think of him or her (theory of mind). About 1.08% of the dreams included this topic, showing a large variability regarding the content. Overall, the findings offered strong support against the views that dreams are single-minded or mainly characterized by primary consciousness processes. Studying typical dreams that include − almost per definition − secondary consciousness processes is a promising approach toward clarifying the cognitive capabilities within dreams.