title: [Is it still the "royal way"? The dream as a junction of neurobiology and psychoanalysis].
abstract: Some decades ago the dream seemed to be randomly generated by brain stem mechanisms in the cortical and subcortical neuronal networks. However, most recent empirical data, studies on brain lesions and functional neuroimaging results have refuted this theory. Several data support that motivation pathways, memory systems, especially implicit, emotional memory play an important role in dream formation. This essay reviews how the results of neurobiology and cognitive psychology can be fitted into the theoretical frameworks and clinical practice of the psychoanalysis. The main aim is to demonstrate that results of neurobiology and empirical observations of psychoanalysis are complementary rather than contradictory.
authors.affiliation: PTE KK Pszichiatriai es Pszichoterapias Klinika, Pecs, Hungary. maria.simon@aok.pte.hu
authors.forename: Mária
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D004325:Dreams / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D059907:Functional Neuroimaging; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology