Abstract Social Simulation Theory (SST) considers the function of dreaming to be the
simulation of social events. The Sociality Bias and the Strengthening hypotheses of SST …

Based on the Social Simulation Theory of dreaming (SST), we studied the effects of
voluntary social seclusion on dream content and sleep structure. Specifically, we studied the …

Dreaming is often connected with religious ideas and enjoys distinct epistemic status as a
source of trusted information for divinatory practices—oneiromancy. These tendencies …

This article presents the feeling priming theory (FPT) of dreaming. According to the FPT,
dreaming favors the motivation to avoid aversive anticipated events and to approach …

Dreams could reflect memory consolidation processes during sleep. The present pilot study
examined whether the incorporation of a film sequence shows a relationship to task …

Posttraumatic symptoms, including nightmares, are more prevalent in World War II survivors
than in the general population, but how war experiences have affected subsequent dream …

Family members appear within dreams quite often, a finding that is in accordance with the
continuity hypothesis of dreaming and the Social Simulation theory. Within a series of 2,025 …

The research literature on religious dreaming demonstrates the commonness of
supernatural agent (SA) imagery, as well as various ritualistic and divinatory uses of dream …

Social interactions with close persons are very important and one would expect–according
to the continuity hypothesis of dreaming–that the dreamer's own children would show up in …

The present study examined the frequency of core family members (mother, father, brother,
and sister) in dreams and their interactions with the dreamer. The dreams were collected via …