Dreaming, Adaptation, and Consciousness.The Social Mapping Hypothesis Export

@article{citeulike:804384, abstract = {This article develops and tests the social mapping hypothesis, namely, that the neurophysiology of dreaming may have been a preadaptation for the evolution of hominid consciousness. Dreaming locates the dreamer in emotionally salient social space, a trait possibly derived from hippocampal spatial mapping. This skill in self-imaging and location can be correlated with the broader social brain hypothesis. Dreaming is thus expected to share significant features with consciousness, symbolization, and cognitive mechanisms pertaining to culture; and it is shown to do so. Rival models of consciousness and dream function are compared and assessed, and Flanagan's assertion that dreaming is epiphenomenal is challenged. }, author = {Brereton, Derek P.}, citeulike-article-id = {804384}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/eth.2000.28.3.379}, doi = {10.1525/eth.2000.28.3.379}, journal = {Ethos}, keywords = {cognition, web2}, number = {3}, pages = {379--409}, posted-at = {2006-08-17 18:56:04}, priority = {3}, title = {Dreaming, Adaptation, and Consciousness.The Social Mapping Hypothesis}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/eth.2000.28.3.379}, volume = {28}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:804384 L3 - citeulike-article-id:804384 N2 - This article develops and tests the social mapping hypothesis, namely, that the neurophysiology of dreaming may have been a preadaptation for the evolution of hominid consciousness. Dreaming locates the dreamer in emotionally salient social space, a trait possibly derived from hippocampal spatial mapping. This skill in self-imaging and location can be correlated with the broader social brain hypothesis. Dreaming is thus expected to share significant features with consciousness, symbolization, and cognitive mechanisms pertaining to culture; and it is shown to do so. Rival models of consciousness and dream function are compared and assessed, and Flanagan's assertion that dreaming is epiphenomenal is challenged. IS - 3 JF - Ethos EP - 409 TI - Dreaming, Adaptation, and Consciousness.The Social Mapping Hypothesis VL - 28 SP - 379 KW - cognition KW - web2 AU - Brereton, Derek PY - 2000/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/eth.2000.28.3.379 ER -