title: Elaborative encoding during REM dreaming as prospective emotion regulation.
abstract: Rapid eye movement (REM) dreaming results in "emotionally intelligent encoding," according to the target article. Building on this, we argue that elaborative encoding alters emotional processing of upcoming events and thereby functions as prospective emotion regulation. After elaborative encoding, future events are appraised differently and result in a redirected emotional response. Disturbed elaborative encoding might be relevant for emotional dysregulation in psychopathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 35039 Marburg, Germany. sw@uni-marburg.de krachs@med.uni-marburg.de lamuelle@med.uni-marburg.de http://www.brainresearch.de.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Westermann
authors.forename: Frieder M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Paulus
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Müller-Pinzler
authors.forename: Sören
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krach
mesh_terms: D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D004325:Dreams / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D061212:Memory, Episodic; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology*