ABSTRACT
On the basis of the previous literature, a number of hypotheses were advanced in chapter 4 regarding the neurobehavioral correlates of global cessation of dreaming. It was predicted, first, that global cessation or reduction of dreaming has no special relationship with any element of the classical Charcot–Wilbrand syndrome (Hypothesis 4). Second, it was proposed that global cessation or reduction of dreaming is a primary phenomenon, independent of any disturbance of memory (Hypothesis 5). Third, it was stated that global cessation or reduction of dreaming is commonly (but not invariably) associated with aphasia (Hypothesis 6). Fourth, it was suggested that the incidence of cessation of dreaming in right hemisphere lesions might have been underestimated in the literature due to the tendency of patients with right hemisphere lesions to deny their symptoms; in other words, it was suggested that there may be an inverse relationship between cessation of dreaming and anosognosia. (This was not a formal hypothesis.) Finally, as regards the function of dreams (and specifically, the sleep-protection theory of dreams) it was predicted in chapter 6 that global cessation of dreaming is typically associated with disrupted sleep (Hypothesis 9).
