Apart from an effort to understand the physiology behind the content of dreams, what do we do with big dreams?
For many years, researchers (including me) have been using quantitative methods of analysis to study the content of dreams.
By 1838 the significant relationship between the content of dreams and of hallucinations had been pointed out.
Sigmund Freud's concepts of conscious and unconscious activities added new significance to the content of dreams and hallucinations.
The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of recall and the content of dreams during pregnancy, as well as their correlation with socio-demographic, obstetric and physician patients relationship variables, emotional state and duration of labour.
If you should choose to take a brief snooze at the Serpentine, you will be able to analyse your dreams with Charles Arsène-Henry Arsène-Henryve a talk on the content of dreams.
According to one small study published in 2011, for example, the early stages of Parkinson's disease are characterised by alterations in the content of dreams, particularly the presence of animals and increased aggressiveness.
Just as the image of a lost loved one stimulates parts of the brain associated with loss, the content of dreams early in the sleep cycle could set the tone for that night's dream experiences.
The result, he said, might be "a kind of animal correlate of Freudian psychoanalysis," a way to explore how waking life influences the complexity and content of dreams, and how dreaming affects memory and performance when awake.
Variations within the usual quantity of D-state sleep (about 18 to 30 percent of D-state sleep in an average period of sleep) apparently are unrelated to differences in the amount or content of dreaming.
The eventual result, he said, might be "a kind of animal correlate of Freudian psychoanalysis," a method for exploring how waking life influences the complexity and content of dreams, and how dreaming affects memory and performance during wakefulness.
