http://content.apa.org/journals/drm Dreaming is a multidisciplinary journal, the only professional journal devoted specifically to dreaming. The journal publishes scholarly articles related to dreaming from any discipline and viewpoint. This includes biological aspects of dreaming and sleep/dream laboratory research; psychological articles of any kind related to dreaming; clinical work on dreams regardless of theoretical perspective (Freudian, Jungian, existential, eclectic, etc.); anthropological, sociological, and philosophical articles related to dreaming; and articles about dreaming from any of the arts and humanities. en-us Copyright 2008 American Psychological Association Deirdre Barrett, PhD 10530797 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:12:54 EST http://journals.apa.org/toc/journal/journal-drm.jpg 77 http://content.apa.org/journals/drm Business/Publishing and Printing/Publishing/Academic and Technical/Science Health/Mental Health Science/Social Sciences/Psychology/Journals and Publications http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://content.apa.org/journals/drm/18/3/139 http://content.apa.org/journals/drm/18/3/139 A study of the links among the memory sources of dreams can be carried out by means of an automatic analysis of text files including dream reports and associations. Heuristic criteria can provide plausible explanations for the existence of these links, which generally present a logical and at the same time emotional significance. The aim of this paper is to support the idea that the study of the link patterns among dream sources, in addition to being interesting from the cognitive viewpoint can be also useful for the therapeutic process. An interaction schema is described including four operators: the dreamer (patient), the therapist, the detector of possible links, and the proposer of plausible explanations. Two examples are given of application of this schema. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved) Dreaming - Vol 18, Iss 3 2008 Barcaro, Umberto; Rizzi, Pietro American Psychological Association 10.1037/a0012899 http://content.apa.org/journals/drm/18/3/158 http://content.apa.org/journals/drm/18/3/158 This study aimed to determine how often Chinese people dream ancestral sex symbols and to examine the association between dreaming sexual experiences and the Chinese sex symbols. The modified Typical Dreams Questionnaire with 10 additional items about the Chinese sex symbols was administered to a sample of 107 male and 241 female university students in Hong Kong. Both the prevalence and frequency rates indicated that most ancestral Chinese sex symbols do not constitute prominent dream themes in contemporary Chinese people's dreams. The Chinese genital symbols, caves and towers, were found to be relatively prominent in dreams. However, both symbols were neither positively nor negatively associated with the dream theme sexual experiences and the classical psychoanalytic sex symbols, such as snakes. In contrast, the Chinese symbols of sexual activity, such as birds eating fish, had mild, negative correlations with the dream theme sexual experiences. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved) Dreaming - Vol 18, Iss 3 2008 Yu, Calvin Kai-Ching American Psychological Association 10.1037/a0012626 http://content.apa.org/journals/drm/18/3/167 http://content.apa.org/journals/drm/18/3/167 To the natives of the Caribbean island of Dominica, the dream is proclaimed la konpanyi la nuit (the companion of the night). Belief in dreams is grounded in diverse cultural influences, including those of the French, West African, British, and the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church. In this richly imaginative dream world, myths and truths are finely interwoven to create an unwritten glossary of dream symbol interpretation. Although these interpretations have not enjoyed scientific validation, practical, historical, and psychological data are found to resonate with these traditional Dominican interpretations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved) Dreaming - Vol 18, Iss 3 2008 George-Joseph, Gizelle; Smith, Edward W. L. American Psychological Association 10.1037/a0013384 http://content.apa.org/journals/drm/18/3/175 http://content.apa.org/journals/drm/18/3/175 The present study was designed to investigate whether memory processes play a role in why some persons say their dreams are black and white. The findings indicate that the percentages of black and white dreams are related negatively to color memory and dream recall frequency. When colors were recorded immediately after the dream was recorded, the percentage of black and white dream elements dropped to 2.7%. When participants were presented the option that dream colors might not be remembered, the percentage of explicit black and white dreams became very small, and the findings are thus in line with the continuity hypothesis of dreaming. Future studies might use extensive training of color memory and dream recall in order to investigate whether highly trained persons still have some dreams or dream elements that are in black and white. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved) Dreaming - Vol 18, Iss 3 2008 Schredl, Michael; Fuchedzhieva, Aylin; Hämig, Heike; Schindele, Verena American Psychological Association 10.1037/1053-0797.18.3.175 http://content.apa.org/journals/drm/18/3/181 http://content.apa.org/journals/drm/18/3/181 This study examined the nighttime dream experiences of animal rights activists. The sample consisted of 284 activists who attended the Animal Rights 2004 conference. Participants completed the C. S. Hall and R. Van de Castle (1966) Most Recent Dream Survey (as cited in Domhoff, 1996). The data on dreams were compared with statistical norms on dream content developed by C. S. Hall and R. Van de Castle (as cited in Domhoff, 1996). Results indicated that activists reported animal dream characters at a much higher rate than the general population. Activists also overwhelmingly had more friendly animal dreams than did the general public. Examples of dream reports, as well as the variety of animal species, are also discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved) Dreaming - Vol 18, Iss 3 2008 Lewis, Jacquie E. American Psychological Association 10.1037/a0013393 http://content.apa.org/journals/drm/18/3/201 http://content.apa.org/journals/drm/18/3/201 This study examines the content of dreams of 10 to 11-year-old boys (n = 80) and girls (n = 102) gathered using the Most Recent Dream Method (Hartmann, Elkin, & Garg, 1991) and analyzed through the Hall and Van de Castle Method (1966; Domhoff, 1996). The study compares the dreams of the Italian sample with those of a normative adult sample and other research on the dreams of preadolescents of various countries (United States, Spain, and Switzerland). In the main it confirms the results of such preadolescent dream analysis research (Avila-White, Schneider, & Domhoff, 1999; Oberst, Charles, & Chamarro, 2005; Saline, 1999; Strauch & Lederbogen, 1999), highlighting in particular the importance of aggressive physical interaction in the participants under study. The data that emerge from dream analysis may be compared with the results of research into problems of aggression and transgression in boys and girls at this age (Achenbach & Rescorla, 2007). Dream analysis may represent a significant contribution to the study of preadolescence, allowing the characteristics and prevailing themes of preadolescents to be compared with those of participants from other age ranges. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved) Dreaming - Vol 18, Iss 3 2008 Crugnola, Cristina Riva; Maggiolini, Alfio; Caprin, Claudia; Martini, Cinzia De; Giudici, Federica American Psychological Association 10.1037/a0013379