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GCSE Psychology · key term
The cerebral cortex's process of interpreting and organising random neural signals, using stored memories to form a dream.
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Revise: Activation Synthesis Theory: Brain Processes and EvaluationHobson and McCarley proposed the Activation Synthesis Theory of Dreaming in 1977. It offers a biological explanation: dreams begin with activity inside the sleeping brain, rather than with a hidden wish that needs to be disguised, as Freud proposed.
Distinguish activation in the pons from synthesis by the cerebral cortex: random signals are generated, then interpreted.
Link the limbic system to the emotional content of dreams, not to the process of synthesis.
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