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In order to begin understanding dreams, we must first understand something about the process of sleep. Until approximately 50 years ago, scientists knew very little about sleep. Sleep was thought to be a passive and simple process during which the body “turned off” and was at rest.

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Catalano, S. (1990). What Are Dreams?. In: Children’s Dreams in Clinical Practice. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9682-7_15

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