%0 Journal Article
%T Can a microdynamic approach to sleep-onset imagery solve the overabundance problem of dreaming? Commentary on Tore Nielsen¡¯s ¡°Microdream neurophenomenology¡±
%A Jennifer M Windt
%J Archive of "Neuroscience of Consciousness".
%D 2019
%R 10.1093/nc/niz005
%X Nielsen proposes that a microdynamic approach to experiences occurring in the earliest stages of sleep onset, which he calls microdreams, can shed light on the process of dream imagery formation. I discuss microdreams in the context of simulation views, in which dreaming is defined as the immersive experience of a virtual world centered on a virtual self. I also evaluate his proposal to expand the dimensions included in the oneiragogic spectrum by kinesis. I conclude that while a subset of microdreams might not fulfill the conditions to count as even minimal dreams, their investigation can nonetheless help address key questions in dream research and may even constitute a distinctive pathway to the generation of full-fledged dreaming
%K imagery
%K sleep and dreaming
%K binding and multisensory integration
%K sleep onset
%K hypnagogia
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6599685/