Crick F, Mitchison G
Nature. 1983;304(5922):111-4. doi: 10.1038/304111a0.
We propose that the function of dream sleep (more properly rapid-eye movement or REM sleep) is to remove certain undesirable modes of interaction in networks of cells in the cerebral cortex. We postulate that this is done in REM sleep by a reverse learning mechanism (see also p. 158), so that the trace in the brain of the unconscious dream is weakened, rather than strengthened, by the dream.
我们认为，梦睡眠（更确切地说是快速眼动睡眠，即REM睡眠）的功能是消除大脑皮层细胞网络中某些不良的相互作用模式。我们推测，这在快速眼动睡眠中是通过一种逆向学习机制来完成的（另见第158页），因此，无意识梦境在大脑中的痕迹会被梦削弱，而非增强。
