• Title of article

    If waking and dreaming consciousness became de-differentiated, would schizophrenia result?

  • Author/Authors

    Llewellyn، نويسنده , , Sue، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
  • Pages
    25
  • From page
    1059
  • To page
    1083
  • Abstract
    If both waking and dreaming consciousness are functional, their de-differentiation would be doubly detrimental. Differentiation between waking and dreaming is achieved through neuromodulation. During dreaming, without external sensory data and with mesolimbic dopaminergic input, hyper-cholinergic input almost totally suppresses the aminergic system. During waking, with sensory gates open, aminergic modulation inhibits cholinergic and mesocortical dopaminergic suppresses mesolimbic. These neuromodulatory systems are reciprocally interactive and self-organizing. As a consequence of neuromodulatory reciprocity, phenomenologically, the self and the world that appear during dreaming differ from those that emerge during waking. As a result of self-organizing, the self and the world in both states are integrated. oss of self-organization would precipitate a degree of de-differentiation between waking and dreaming, resulting in a hybrid state which would be expressed heterogeneously, both neurobiologically and phenomenologically. As a consequence of progressive de-differentiation, certain identifiable psychiatric disorders may emerge. Ultimately, schizophrenia, a disorganized-fragmented self, may result.
  • Keywords
    Schizophrenia , Consciousness , chaos theory , Dreaming , De-differentiation , Waking , Phospholipid defects/metabolism
  • Journal title
    Consciousness and Cognition
  • Serial Year
    2011
  • Journal title
    Consciousness and Cognition
  • Record number

    2291889