title: Sleep as vegetation: a tautological theory of sleep.
abstract: It is commonly assumed that sleep is secondary to the waking state. We consider that in evolution relational life, as represented by the waking state, was superimposed on vegetative life. Waking is periodic, and vegetation is manifest in the intervals. This vegetative phase takes the form of sleep. The model, which overturns the traditional view, offers new suggestions about the psychological and cultural conception of sleep, sleep and the brain, dreaming, mind and memory.
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authors: F
authors: Pansera
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*