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Anticipation as Exercising (Language) Motor Programs During Dreams. A Neuropsychoanalytical Hypothesis

Ariane Bazan, Filip Geerardyn, Veroniek Knockaert, David Van Bunder and Gertrudis Van de Vijver

p. 181-194

    Abstract

    A neuropsychoanalytically framed hypothesis considering dreams as the 'motor exercising' of humans most typical behavior, namely language, is presented. In psychoanalysis dream bizarreness is often resolved by reading the dream content textually. It is defended that this literal interpretation comes down to analyzing langage on its articulatory or phonemic structure. While in awake language, lexical (or ego) control is exercised in such a way that scansion of the phoneme structure is operated meaningfully in line with the context, this control is thought not to operate in dreams where it is the motor part (i.e. the articulation) which is thought to be important. The uncontrolled running of these articulatory programs could then result in phonemic ambiguities, thereby accounting for the bizarre elements of the dream.

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    anticipation, dream, psychoanalysis, phoneme, lexicon

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    Bibliographical reference

    Ariane Bazan, Filip Geerardyn, Veroniek Knockaert, David Van Bunder and Gertrudis Van de Vijver, « Anticipation as Exercising (Language) Motor Programs During Dreams. A Neuropsychoanalytical Hypothesis », CASYS, 12 | 2002, 181-194.

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    Ariane Bazan, Filip Geerardyn, Veroniek Knockaert, David Van Bunder and Gertrudis Van de Vijver, « Anticipation as Exercising (Language) Motor Programs During Dreams. A Neuropsychoanalytical Hypothesis », CASYS [Online], 12 | 2002, Online since 16 July 2024, connection on 10 November 2024. URL : http://popups.lib.uliege.be/1373-5411/index.php?id=1734

    Authors

    Ariane Bazan

    Rijksuniversiteit Ghent, Research Unit Neuro-Psychoanalysis, Henri Dunantlaan,2, 8-9000 Gent.

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    Filip Geerardyn

    Rijksuniversiteit Ghent, Research Unit Neuro-Psychoanalysis, Henri Dunantlaan,2, 8-9000 Gent.

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    Veroniek Knockaert

    Rijksuniversiteit Ghent, Research Unit Neuro-Psychoanalysis, Henri Dunantlaan,2, 8-9000 Gent.

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    David Van Bunder

    Rijksuniversiteit Ghent, Research Unit Neuro-Psychoanalysis, Henri Dunantlaan,2, 8-9000 Gent.

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    Gertrudis Van de Vijver

    Rijksuniversiteit Ghent, Research Unit Neuro-Psychoanalysis, Henri Dunantlaan,2, 8-9000 Gent.

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