Real and dreamed staircases - settings of (not only) vestibular arousal
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Schönhammer, Rainer
Abstract / Description
Many authors provide examples of dreams in which a staircase figures as a setting for floating, flying, falling or dizziness. As is well known, Freud interpreted dream stairs as a symbol of sexual activity. Alternative symbolic interpretations of dream stairs have been suggested by Silberer, Eliade and Ouspensky. Based on a phenomenological analysis of published staircase dreams and reports drawn from my own interview samples, I will
argue that dream staircases are a setting that appears in the dreamer's mind in (not only) vestibular aroused moments of sleep as a recollection of (not only) vestibular arousal experienced in real staircases. This phenomenological perspective corresponds to theoretical, clinical and experimental evidence concerning the role of vestibular arousal/stimulation (and its relation to rapid eye movements) in intense dreaming, i.e. dreaming that includes a heightened consciousness of the actual state of body and mind.
Keyword(s)
Traum Wahrnehmung Erregung Gleichgewichtssinn Traumanalyse Trauminhalt Traumerinnerung Körperbewusstsein Neuropsychologie Kognitive Neurowissenschaft Dream Analysis Dream Content Dream Recall Body Awareness Neuropsychology Cognitive NeurosciencePersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2004
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Paper presented at the 21st Annual International Conference of the Association for the Study of Dreams, June 18-22, 2004, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Schönhammer, Rainer
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Made available on2022-11-21T13:54:58Z
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Date of first publication2004
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Abstract / DescriptionMany authors provide examples of dreams in which a staircase figures as a setting for floating, flying, falling or dizziness. As is well known, Freud interpreted dream stairs as a symbol of sexual activity. Alternative symbolic interpretations of dream stairs have been suggested by Silberer, Eliade and Ouspensky. Based on a phenomenological analysis of published staircase dreams and reports drawn from my own interview samples, I will argue that dream staircases are a setting that appears in the dreamer's mind in (not only) vestibular aroused moments of sleep as a recollection of (not only) vestibular arousal experienced in real staircases. This phenomenological perspective corresponds to theoretical, clinical and experimental evidence concerning the role of vestibular arousal/stimulation (and its relation to rapid eye movements) in intense dreaming, i.e. dreaming that includes a heightened consciousness of the actual state of body and mind.en
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Persistent Identifierhttps://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-5519
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/3590
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.10066
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Language of contenteng
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Is part ofPaper presented at the 21st Annual International Conference of the Association for the Study of Dreams, June 18-22, 2004, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Keyword(s)Traumde
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Keyword(s)Wahrnehmungde
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Keyword(s)Erregungde
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Keyword(s)Gleichgewichtssinnde
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Keyword(s)Traumanalysede
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Keyword(s)Trauminhaltde
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Keyword(s)Traumerinnerungde
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Keyword(s)Körperbewusstseinde
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Keyword(s)Neuropsychologiede
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Keyword(s)Kognitive Neurowissenschaftde
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Keyword(s)Dream Analysisen
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Keyword(s)Dream Contenten
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Keyword(s)Dream Recallen
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Keyword(s)Body Awarenessen
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Keyword(s)Neuropsychologyen
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Keyword(s)Cognitive Neuroscienceen
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)700
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TitleReal and dreamed staircases - settings of (not only) vestibular arousalen
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DRO typebookPart
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Visible tag(s)PsyDok