TY - CHAP A2 - Metzinger, Thomas K. A2 - Windt, Jennifer M. AB - Sleep and dreaming do not serve a single biological function, but are multifunctional. Their functions include memory consolidation and integration, emotion regulation, creativity and problem solving, and preparation for waking life. One promising level of description is that of dreaming as a virtual reality: The dreamer interacts with a simulated environment including other simulated avatars. While dreaming can be considered a multifunctional general reality simulator, the threat simulation and social simulation functions of dreaming are unique among other dream functions in their ability to explain a striking feature of dream phenomenology: obliviousness towards the true state of mind. AU - Dresler, Martin CY - Frankfurt am Main DO - 10.15502/9783958570672 KW - Avatars, Creativity, Dream, Dreaming, Emotion regulation, Function, Lucid dreaming, Memory, Multifunctional general reality simulator, Rem sleep, Simulation, Sleep, Social simulation theory, Threat simulation theory, Virtual reality LA - English PB - MIND Group PY - 2015 SE - 32(C) SN - 9783958570672 ST - The Multifunctionality of Dreaming and the Oblivious Avatar T2 - Open MIND TI - The Multifunctionality of Dreaming and the Oblivious Avatar UR - https://open-mind.net/papers/the-multifunctionality-of-dreaming-and-the-oblivious-avatar-a-commentary-on-antti-revonsuo-and-colleagues ID - 32