Subject: Re: Fwd: Auditory hallucinations From: Harvey Holmes <H.Holmes(at)UNSW.EDU.AU> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 17:13:36 +1000Dear List, I passed the email at the end from Al Bregman on to Freud scholar Simon Boag, who replied as follows. Harvey Holmes __________________ The mentioned hypothesis is an old one and to some extent is a cornerstone of Freud's thought. More recently, Hobson, who is anti-Freud, has expressed similar ideas. You'll find a summary of his views in: Hobson, J. A. (2004). A model for madness? Dream consciousness: Our understanding of the neurobiology of sleep offers insight into abnormalities in the waking brain. Nature, 430, 21. Cheers, Simon >>Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:16:39 -0400 >>Reply-To: Al Bregman <al.bregman(at)mcgill.ca> >>From: Al Bregman <bregman(at)HEBB.PSYCH.MCGILL.CA> >>Subject: Auditory hallucinations >>To: AUDITORY(at)LISTS.MCGILL.CA >> >>Dear Sukhi, >> >>I think there are two reasonably close analogs of schizophrenic >>hallucinations: >>1. Dreaming during normal sleep. >>2. The hallucinations that one can induce in awake people via >> (a) long periods of sensory deprivation >> (b) depriving normal people of the opportunity to dream during >>sleep >> by waking them up whenever they start to dream. >> >>For some time, I have entertained the idea that the hallucinations in >>schizophrenics were a disorder of the normal dreaming mechanism. Why don't >>we dream during the day? Some mechanism must suppress it. Maybe this >>suppression mechanism is defective in schizophrenics, or requires that >>external events engage a much higher level of interest (or arousal) before >>it kicks in. >> >>Best wishes, >> >>Al >> >>--------------------------------------------- >>Albert S. Bregman, >>Emeritus Professor >>Psychology Dept., McGill University >>1205 Docteur Penfield Avenue >>Montreal, Quebec >>Canada H3A 1B1 >> >>Office: >> Voice: +1 (514) 398-6103 >> Fax: +1 (514) 398-4896 >>---------------------------------------------