Why We Dream: Terms to Remember
Across
- 3. the psychoanalyst (last name only) who theorized that dreams were full of latent desires and thoughts
- 4. A dream in which one is aware that one is dreaming, and can control the events of the dream as they unfold
- 5. suggests that circuits in the brain are activated in REM sleep, causing areas in the limbic system, amygdala, and hippocampus to become active
- 9. the remembered part of a dream; the story, plotline, etc.
- 10. repetitive nightmares in which the dreamer continuously relives a traumatic event
- 11. a type of sleep associated with movement of the eyes; it occurs in the deepest sleep stage
Down
- 1. a neurotransmitter that originates from the sympathetic nervous system and then increases contractions in the heart. REM sleep causes a decrease in it's production, reducing stress.
- 2. the underlying meaning of a dream; interpreted; thought to have been a “safety valve” to understanding our desires and follies
- 6. occurs in REM sleep, caused by daily stress or traumatic events
- 7. rarely remembered, the dreamer suddenly awakens in a terrified state
- 8. The dreams experienced on the same night (perhaps at the same time) by two or more people