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Homing in on consciousness: Why is a dream conscious?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 November 2016
Abstract
Morsella et al. argue convincingly that consciousness is for adaptive voluntary action. What, then, is consciousness in a dream for? Two prior questions present themselves. In a dream, how do contents get into the conscious field? What are the properties of consciousness in a dream?
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