TY  - JOUR
A1  - Voss, Ursula
A1  - D’Agostino, Armando
A1  - Kolibius, Luca
A1  - Klimke, Ansgar
A1  - Scarone, Silvio
A1  - Hobson, J. Allan
T1  - Insight and dissociation in lucid dreaming and psychosis
T2  - Frontiers in psychology
N2  - Dreams and psychosis share several important features regarding symptoms and underlying neurobiology, which is helpful in constructing a testable model of, for example, schizophrenia and delirium. The purpose of the present communication is to discuss two major concepts in dreaming and psychosis that have received much attention in the recent literature: insight and dissociation. Both phenomena are considered functions of higher order consciousness because they involve metacognition in the form of reflective thought and attempted control of negative emotional impact. Insight in dreams is a core criterion for lucid dreams. Lucid dreams are usually accompanied by attempts to control the dream plot and dissociative elements akin to depersonalization and derealization. These concepts are also relevant in psychotic illness. Whereas insightfulness can be considered innocuous in lucid dreaming and even advantageous in psychosis, the concept of dissociation is still unresolved. The present review compares correlates and functions of insight and dissociation in lucid dreaming and psychosis. This is helpful in understanding the two concepts with regard to psychological function as well as neurophysiology.
KW  - REM sleep
KW  - dreaming
KW  - consciousness
KW  - EEG
KW  - psychosis
KW  - delirium
KW  - lucid dreaming
KW  - affective disorder
Y1  - 2018
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/48563
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-485632
SN  - 1664-1078
N1  - Copyright © 2018 Voss, D’Agostino, Kolibius, Klimke, Scarone and Hobson. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
VL  - 9
IS  - Art. 2164
SP  - 1
EP  - 9
PB  - Frontiers Research Foundation
CY  - Lausanne
ER  -