This Hypothesis Suggests That Dreams Are Simply the Brain's Attempt

question 83

Multiple Choice

This hypothesis suggests that dreams are simply the brain's attempt to make sense of the random firing of brain cells during REM sleep.

• A) REM regeneration hypothesis
• B) activation-synthesis hypothesis
• C) dopaminergic hypothesis
• D) Freudian cathartic hypothesis

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