title: The ancient art of memory.
abstract: Revision of Freud's theory requires a new way of seeking dream meaning. With the idea of elaborative encoding, Sue Llewellyn has provided a method of dream interpretation that takes into account both modern sleep science and the ancient art of memory. Her synthesis is elegant and compelling. But is her hypothesis testable?
authors.affiliation: Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02130. allan_hobson@hms.harvard.edu http://www.dreamstage-museum.net/allanhobson/index.html.
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hobson
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*