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New neuroimaging evidence for the expectation fulfilment theory of dreaming

October 29th, 2007 · No Comments

There’s been fascinating new research surrounding sleep and emotions recently.
A study headed by Matthew Walker (The human emotional brain without sleep - a prefrontal amygdala disconnect. Current Biology, Vol 17, R877-R878, 23 October 2007) from the University of California, provides neuroimaging evidence to show how, in sleep deprived subjects, the amygdala (the emotional centre of […]

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Tags: Amygdala · Emotions and dreaming · Sleep and emotions · Current Biology · Matthew Walker · REM Sleep · Expectation Fulfilment Theory of Dreaming · Joe Griffin