What is it about?
Cai’s sleep theories suggested the slow-wave sleep(SWS) to regulate the emotional balance disrupted by emotional memories randomly accumulated during waking, while the rapid-eye-movement(REM) sleep in opposite, which would help revise and extend the psychoanalysis in both theory and therapy.
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Why is it important?
The functions of REM sleep on regulating the emotional balance and memories may support the Freudian topographic theory of psychoanalysis, while the functions of SWS on regulating the emotional balance and memories may supplement the Freudian topographic theory of psychoanalysis.
Perspectives
Support and supplement the Freudian topographic theory of psychoanalysis
Sir Zi-Jian Cai
CaiFortune TriL Consulting
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This page is a summary of: Extending Psychoanalysis with Theories on Sleep Functions, Journal of Sleep Disorders & Therapy, January 2015, OMICS Publishing Group,
DOI: 10.4172/2167-0277.1000217.
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