The prefrontal cortex is deactivated during REM sleep so all the cognitive functions are impaired. But the limbic system is turned on so emotions are strong. The most common emotion in dreams is fear, followed by elation, then anger. But how t...
Experimental psychologist and author Elizabeth Loftus talks about some of the techniques used to spur the recollection of supposedly repressed memories. "But it's exactly these techniques," Dr. Loftus says, "...that I and others have worried are so ...