A Biologic Rhythm in Waking Fantasy

  • Daniel F. Kripke
  • David Sonnenschein
Chapter
Part of the Emotions, Personality, and Psychotherapy book series (EPPS)

Abstract

One of Freud’s early ideas was that the mental processes made vivid in dreaming have an influence on everyday waking thoughts and behavior. A problem with this concept has been the difficulty in measuring and confirming the action of any psychic agencies that Freud postulated, such as the unconscious, the libido, or the id.

Keywords

Mental Content Ultradian Rhythm Coherence Spectrum Brain Functional State Fantasy Scale 
These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in to check access.

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. Cartwright, R. D., and Monroe, L. J. Relation of dreaming and REM sleep: The effects of REM deprivation under two conditions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychiatry, 1968, 10, 69–74.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  2. Dement, W., Henry, P., Cohen, H., and Ferguson, J. Studies on the effect of REM deprivation in humans and animals. In Kety, S. S., Evarts, E. V., and Williams, H. L. (Eds.), Sleep and altered states of consciousness. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1967, 456–468.Google Scholar
  3. Dement, W., Ferguson, J., Cohen, H., and Barchas, J. Nonchemical methods and data using a biochemical model: The REM quanta. In Mandell, A. J., and Mandell, M. P. (Eds.) Psycho chemical research in man. New York: Academic Press, 1969, 275–325.Google Scholar
  4. Friedman, S., and Fisher, C. On the presence of a rhythmic, diurnal, oral instinctual drive cycle in man: A preliminary report, journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 1967, 15, 317–343.PubMedCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  5. Globus, G. C. Rhythmic functions during sleep. In Hartmann, E. (Ed.) Sleep and dreaming. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1970, 15–21.Google Scholar
  6. Hartmann, E. The 90-minute sleep-dream cycle. Archives of General Psychiatry, 1968, 18, 280–286.PubMedCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  7. Hartmann, E. Sleep and dreaming. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1970, 405–422.Google Scholar
  8. Hiatt, J. F., and Kripke, D. F. Ultradian rhythms in waking gastric activity. Psychosomatic Medicine, 1975, 37, 320–325.PubMedGoogle Scholar
  9. Hiatt, J. F., Kripke, D. F., and Lavie, P. Relationships among psychophysiologic ultradian rhythms. Chronobiologia Suppl. 1, 1975, 30.Google Scholar
  10. Hobson, J. A., McCarley, R. W., and Wyzinski, P. W. Sleep cycle oscillations: reciprocal discharge by two brainstem neuronal groups. Science, 1975, 189, 55–58.PubMedCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  11. Jenkins, G. M., and Watts, D. C. Spectral analysis and its applications. New York: Holden-Day, 1968.Google Scholar
  12. Karacan, I. The developmental aspect and the effect of certain clinical conditions upon penile erection during sleep. Proceedings of the Fourth World Congress of Psychiatry: Excerpta Medica International Congress Series, 1966, No. 150: 2356–59.Google Scholar
  13. Kripke, D. F. An ultradian biological rhythm associated with perceptual deprivation and REM sleep. Psychosomatic Medicine, 1972, 34, 221–234.PubMedGoogle Scholar
  14. Kripke, D. F. Ultradian rhythms in sleep and wakefulness. In Weitzman, E. D. (Ed.), Advances in sleep research. Vol. I. New York: Spectrum, 1974, 305–325.Google Scholar
  15. Kripke, D. F., Halberg, F., Crowley, T. J., and Pegram, V. Ultradian spectra in monkeys. International Journal Chronobiology, 1976, 3, 193–204.Google Scholar
  16. Lavie, P., Kripke, D. F., Parker, D., Huey, L., and Deftos, L. Pulsatile patterns of parathyroid hormone and plasma calcium during sleep. Sleep Research, 1975, 4, 283.Google Scholar
  17. Lewis, B. D., Kripke, D. F., and Bowden, D. M. Ultradian rhythms in hand-mouth behavior of the rhesus monkey. Physiology and Behavior, 1977, 18, 283–286.PubMedCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  18. Moruzzi, G. Sleep and instinctual behavior. Archives Italiennes de Biologk, 1969, 108, 175–216.Google Scholar
  19. Orr, W. C., and Naitoh, P. The coherence spectrum: An extension of correlation analysis with applications to chronobiology. International Journal of Chronobiology, 1976, 3, 171–192.Google Scholar
  20. Othmer, E., Hayden, M. P., and Segelbaum, R. Encephalic cycles during sleep and wakefulness in humans: A 24-hour pattern. Science, 1969, 164, 447–449.PubMedCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  21. Roffwarg, H. P., Dement, W. C. Muzio, J. N., and Fisher, C. Dream imagery: Relationship to rapid eye movements of sleep. Archives of General Psychiatry (Chicago), 1962, 7, 235–258.PubMedCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  22. Wever, R. Pendulum versus relaxation oscillation. In Ascoff, J. (Ed.), Circadian clocks. Amsterdam: North Holland Publishing, 1965, 75–83.Google Scholar
  23. Yen, S. S. C., Vandenberg, G., Tsai, C. C., and Parker, D. C. Ultradian fluctuations of gonadotropins. In Ferin, M., et al. (Eds.), Biorhythms and human reproduction. New York: Wiley & Sons, 1974, 203–218.Google Scholar
  24. Zepelin, H., and Rechtschaffen, A. Mammalian sleep, longevity, and energy metabolism. Brain Behavior and Evolution, 1974, 10, 425–470.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Copyright information

© Plenum Press, New York 1978

Authors and Affiliations

  • Daniel F. Kripke
    • 1
    • 2
  • David Sonnenschein
    • 1
    • 2
  1. 1.San Diego Veterans Administration HospitalSan DiegoUSA
  2. 2.Department of PsychiatryUniversity of CaliforniaSan DiegoUSA

Personalised recommendations