title: Obligatory associations: a function of dreaming.
abstract: Some dream images are unequivocally linked to events experienced in the waking state but are not identical. The author refers to such alterations as "obligatory associations"; these serve varied psychical requirements, including cognitive transformation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112.
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Epstein
mesh_terms: D001244:Association; D004325:Dreams; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D014851:Wakefulness