Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Conscious Cogn. 2011 Sep;20(3):673-87. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2010.10.020. Epub 2010 Dec 13.
Models of dream analysis either assume a continuum of waking and dreaming or the existence of two dissociated realities. Both approaches rely on different methodology. Whereas continuity models are based on content analysis, discontinuity models use a structural approach. In our study, we applied both methods to test specific hypotheses about continuity or discontinuity. We contrasted dream reports of congenitally deaf-mute and congenitally paraplegic individuals with those of non-handicapped controls. Continuity theory would predict that either the deficit itself or compensatory experiences would surface in the dream narrative. We found that dream form and content of sensorially limited persons was indifferent from those of non-handicapped controls. Surprisingly, perceptual representations, even of modalities not experienced during waking, were quite common in the dream reports of our handicapped subjects. Results are discussed with respect to feedforward mechanisms and protoconsciousness theory of dreaming.
梦的分析模型要么假设清醒和做梦是连续的，要么假设存在两种分离的现实。这两种方法都依赖于不同的方法论。连续性模型基于内容分析，而不连续性模型则采用结构方法。在我们的研究中，我们同时应用了这两种方法来测试关于连续性或不连续性的具体假设。我们将先天性聋哑人和先天性截瘫患者的梦境报告与非残疾对照组进行了对比。连续性理论预测，要么是缺陷本身，要么是补偿经验，会在梦境叙述中浮现。我们发现，感官受限者的梦境形式和内容与非残疾对照组没有区别。令人惊讶的是，即使是在清醒时没有经历过的感觉模态，在我们残疾受试者的梦境报告中也相当常见。结果与前馈机制和做梦的原意识理论进行了讨论。
