Do Both Psychopathology and Creativity Result from a Labile Wake-Sleep-Dream Cycle?

• Main Author: Sue Llewellyn (auth)
• Other Authors: Martin Desseilles (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; state de-differentiation; labile sleep; psychopathology; creativity
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Laypeople think of wake, sleep and dreaming as distinct states of the mind/brain but "in-between", hybrid states are recognized. For example, day-dreaming or, more scientifically, the default network occurs during wake. Equally, during sleep, lucid dreaming in rapid eye movement (REM) slee...