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23 relations: Activation-synthesis hypothesis, Bellevue Hospital, Claudia Dreifus, Complexity, Dream, Entropy, European Americans, Fortune cookie, Hartford, Connecticut, Harvard Medical School, Helmholtz free energy, Neuroplasticity, Primary consciousness, Psychiatrist, Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, Qualia, Rapid eye movement sleep, Robert Stickgold, Secondary consciousness, Sofia Areal, United States, Wesleyan University.
Activation-synthesis hypothesis
The activation-synthesis hypothesis, proposed by Harvard University psychiatrists John Allan Hobson and Robert McCarley, is a neurobiological theory of dreams first published in the American Journal of Psychiatry in December 1977.
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Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue Hospital, founded on March 31, 1736, is the oldest public hospital in the United States.
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Claudia Dreifus
Claudia Dreifus is an American journalist, educator and lecturer, producer of the weekly feature “Conversation with…” of the Science Section of the New York Times, and known for her interviews with leading figures in world politics and science.
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Complexity
Complexity characterises the behaviour of a system or model whose components interact in multiple ways and follow local rules, meaning there is no reasonable higher instruction to define the various possible interactions.
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Dream
A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
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Entropy
In statistical mechanics, entropy is an extensive property of a thermodynamic system.
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European Americans
European Americans (also referred to as Euro-Americans) are Americans of European ancestry.
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Fortune cookie
A fortune cookie is a crisp and sugary cookie usually made from flour, sugar, vanilla, and sesame seed oil with a piece of paper inside, a "fortune", on which is an aphorism, or a vague prophecy.
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Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut.
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Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the graduate medical school of Harvard University.
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Helmholtz free energy
In thermodynamics, the Helmholtz free energy is a thermodynamic potential that measures the useful work obtainable from a closed thermodynamic system at a constant temperature and volume.
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Neuroplasticity
Neuroplasticity, also known as brain plasticity and neural plasticity, is the ability of the brain to change throughout an individual's life, e.g., brain activity associated with a given function can be transferred to a different location, the proportion of grey matter can change, and synapses may strengthen or weaken over time.
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Primary consciousness
Primary consciousness is a term the American biologist Gerald Edelman coined to describe the ability, found in humans and some animals, to integrate observed events with memory to create an awareness of the present and immediate past of the world around them.
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Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders.
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Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of mental disorders.
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Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis is a set of theories and therapeutic techniques related to the study of the unconscious mind, which together form a method of treatment for mental-health disorders.
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Qualia
In philosophy and certain models of psychology, qualia (or; singular form: quale) are defined to be individual instances of subjective, conscious experience.
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Rapid eye movement sleep
Rapid eye movement sleep (REM sleep, REMS) is a unique phase of sleep in mammals and birds, distinguishable by random/rapid movement of the eyes, accompanied with low muscle tone throughout the body, and the propensity of the sleeper to dream vividly.
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Robert Stickgold
Robert Stickgold is an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
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Secondary consciousness
Secondary consciousness is an individual's accessibility to their history and plans.
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Sofia Areal
Sofia Areal (born in Lisbon, 4 June 1960) is a Portuguese abstract painter, who has a strong chromatic focus, whose works adhere mostly to organic non-geometrical forms.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college in Middletown, Connecticut, founded in 1831.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Hobson
