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| - | {{Template}} | + | {{Template}}'''Oneirology''' is the [[scientific]] study of [[dreams]]. The term comes from the Greek ''[[oneiro]]'' which means ''dream''. A person that studies oneirology is called an '''oneirologist'''. |
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| + | The first recorded use of the word was in [[1653]]. The field gained momentum when [[Nathaniel Kleitman]] and his student [[Eugene Aserinsky]] discovered regular [[Periodicity|cycles]] in human [[sleep]], at the [[University of Chicago]] [[sleep laboratory]] in [[1953]]. | ||
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| + | A further experiment by Kleitman and [[William C. Dement]], then another medical student, demonstrated the particular period of sleep in which electrical brain activity as measured by an [[electroencephalograph]] (EEG) closely resembled that of waking as the eyes darted about actively. This kind of sleep became known as [[Rapid eye movement sleep|REM sleep]], and Kleitman and Dement's experiment found a correlation of .80 between REM sleep and [[dreaming]]. | ||
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| + | The independent and almost simultaneous confirmation of [[lucid dreaming]] by [[Stephen LaBerge]] and [[Keith Hearne]] has allowed for many different types of further experiments and developments. | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[Dream]] | ||
| + | *[[Dream analysis]] | ||
| + | *[[Dream dictionary]] | ||
| + | *[[Dream journal]] | ||
| + | *[[Dream incubation]] | ||
| + | *[[Ibn Sirin]] | ||
| + | *[[Oneirocritica]] | ||
| + | *[[Sigmund Freud]] | ||
| + | *[[Solomon Almoli]] | ||
| + | *''[[Waking Life]]'' | ||
| + | *[[Lucid Dreaming]] | ||
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The first recorded use of the word was in 1653. The field gained momentum when Nathaniel Kleitman and his student Eugene Aserinsky discovered regular cycles in human sleep, at the University of Chicago sleep laboratory in 1953.
A further experiment by Kleitman and William C. Dement, then another medical student, demonstrated the particular period of sleep in which electrical brain activity as measured by an electroencephalograph (EEG) closely resembled that of waking as the eyes darted about actively. This kind of sleep became known as REM sleep, and Kleitman and Dement's experiment found a correlation of .80 between REM sleep and dreaming.
The independent and almost simultaneous confirmation of lucid dreaming by Stephen LaBerge and Keith Hearne has allowed for many different types of further experiments and developments.
See also
- Dream
- Dream analysis
- Dream dictionary
- Dream journal
- Dream incubation
- Ibn Sirin
- Oneirocritica
- Sigmund Freud
- Solomon Almoli
- Waking Life
- Lucid Dreaming
