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The Brain as a Dream State Generator: An Activation-Synthesis Hypothesis of the Dream Process

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Altered States DreamingActivation-Synthesis

By J. Allan Hobson and Robert W. McCarley

Summary

Dreams = cortex's attempt to synthesize random brainstem PGO signals. No disguised meaning or Freudian symbolism — dreams are the brain's best effort to make sense of internally generated signals.

Why It Matters

Revolutionary break from Freudian dream theory. Established the modern neuroscientific paradigm for dreaming.

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