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Whats happening with hypnosis? Is it similar? Recently read about David Eaglemans theory that dreams are just the visual cortex defending its territory when al
by op03 6y ago
Whats happening with hypnosis? Is it similar?
Recently read about David Eaglemans theory that dreams are just the visual cortex defending its territory when all its inputs are off for the night (ie staying active to prevent neighboring regions from poaching neurons) - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.24.219089v1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.24.219089v1
Here too they seem to be dealing with the visual parts.
- jessriedel 6y agoI just read the abstract. Does he address the objection that nocturnal animals sleep in the day, and length of sleep doesn't change as much as the length of day over the seasons?
- JumpCrisscross 6y agoIf your eyes are closed, does it matter if it’s daytime?
- jessriedel 6y agoOh maybe I misinterpreted. I thought the author was arguing that the purpose of sleep was this protection of the visual cortex, but maybe the idea is that sleep has another purpose (with varying timing thoughout the day depending on the animal) and the purpose of dreams is to protect the visual cortex while this is going on.
- frongpik 6y agoI've read a bit about the scientology cult and their hypnosis technique seems similar. This article mentions that the sleeping person hears the command or question as a megaphone type of sound definitely coming from outside the dream. Perhaps an average person perceives such a "megaphone narrator" as trustworthy and remembers the heard commands as important.