What is dream?
- a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- the sleeping state in which this occurs.
- an object seen in a dream.
Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com
Oneirology
The term oneirology refers to the systematic study of dreams within a scientific framework. As such it must be distinguished from oneiromancy which refers to using dreams for divinatory purposes. Both words come from the Greek oneiro - "dream".
The birth of oneirology as a discipline is often dated to the 1950s and the discovery by Kleitman and Aserinsky of the sleep cycle and the subsequent discovery of REM sleep. However the term itself goes back much further - Freud himself used it in his classic The Interpretation of Dreams.
Reference: http://www.here-be-dreams.com/dreams/oneirology.html
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