Discuss how the neurocognitive perspective on dreaming differs from the dream protection and activation-synthesis theories of dreaming.

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--The neurocognitive perspective argues that one's information-processing abilities influence the content of one's dreams.The neurocognitive perspective argues that the information contained in one's dreams represents the concerns of one's daily life-such as issues in relationships,school,or at work-rather than the deep,dark secrets and symbolic imagery that Freud said were housed within our unconscious mind and occupied the content of our
nightly dreams.
--The neurocognitive perspective,unlike the activation-synthesis theory,does assert that these dreams then are somewhat psychologically meaningful to people,because a person is ruminating over a lost phone number or concert ticket rather than just experiencing random content within the dream.The activation-synthesis theory,by contrast,suggests that the content of dreams is more random and any meaning is created by the forebrain in its attempt to bring coherence to one's internal world,much like it brings coherence to our external and internal worlds during waking consciousness.

Discuss How the Neurocognitive Perspective on Dreaming Differs from the Dream