Abstract
First, it is argued that the discovery of REM-sleep and its attributes disprove central elements in Freud’s arguments for the psychological meaningfulness of dreams. Next, Engelsted’s theory of REM-sleep as an important stepping-stone in the evolution of mammals is presented,and its implications for a theory of dreams is considered. Finally, Evan and Newton’s notion of dreams as a device to keep a biological information-processing system, the human brain, fully functional is described. In conclusion, Engelsted’s theory of REM-sleep and Evanand Newton’s theory of the cognitive function of dreams are considered to constitute a sufficient scientific foundation for most of the uses dreams are put to in modern psychotherapy.
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