Word: mccarley
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Hobson and his colleague, Robert McCarley, say they found the brain appears to contain two populations of neurons, which are cells specialized for transmitting sensory information, and each type of neuron interacts with the sleep process in different ways...
Hobson and McCarley, who are both associated with the Department of Psychiatry at the Medical School, also tried to add to their dream model by analyzing the chemicals processed in the brain during REM sleep and then studying differences in the way various hormones direct sleeping versus waking activities...
...Hobson and McCarley came out with a model which is a very good way of looking at things. It has wide popularity. They are a highly thought-of neurophysiological team." says John H. Herman, associate professor of psychiatry at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas...
While Hobson and McCarley say they do not disagree with Freud's theory of dream expression, they assert that the REM stage involves more complex activities than rehashing past experiences...
...controversy has died down since the fireworks three years ago. But Hobson and McCarley plan to take part in a debate next spring in New Orleans that Hobson says he hopes will stir up the controversy. "This type of thing is good for psychiatry," he says. When people refuse to revise their ideas, Hobson says, "psychiatry is in trouble...