Non-lucid dreamers actualize volition as ego executive capacity by engaging in problem solving

  • Miloslava Kozmova (Author)
    Lecturer, researcher

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Abstract

Within the already-investigated described nocturnal cognitive problem-solving phenomenon (Kozmová, 2008, 2012, 2015), the goal of this exploratory study was to determine the contexts in which non-lucid dreamers engage in problem-solving by voluntary actions and behaviors and to characterize volition and its range in kinetic (motile) and communicative (expressive) modalities. The 979 cross-cultural operationally defined problem-solving dreams were analyzed by the method of grounded theory. The analysis of individual occurrences of problem-solving behaviors and actions as volition-based executive skills (ego executive capacity) in addition to other types of cognitions, yielded a total of exemplary 54 dreams with contexts of self-preservation, intrapersonal situations, and interpersonal relationships. The initial
emergent cross-state characterization of volition in non-lucid problem-solving dreams calls for reappraisal of neurophysiological theories that did not yet consider the existence of volition as an executive skill that is sustained or could emerge during non-lucid dreaming.

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Published
2017-05-02
Language
en
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Keywords
Key terms, volition, problem-solving, executive function, executive skills, higher order cognition, ego executive capacities, non-lucid dreaming, grounded theory
How to Cite
Kozmova, M. (2017). Non-lucid dreamers actualize volition as ego executive capacity by engaging in problem solving. International Journal of Dream Research, 10(1), 30–52. https://doi.org/10.11588/ijodr.2017.1.33130