METAPHOR AND HYPERASSOCIATIVITY: THE IMAGINATION MECHANISMS BEHIND EMOTION ASSIMILATION IN SLEEP AND DREAMING

Metaphor and hyperassociativity: the imagination mechanisms behind emotion assimilation in sleep and dreaming

In Action this paper we propose an emotion assimilation function of sleep and dreaming.We offer explanations both for the mechanisms by which waking-life memories are initially selected for processing during sleep, and for the mechanisms by which those memories are subsequently transformed during sleep, as reflected by dreams.We propose that emotio

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DE FACTO STATES IN THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD: BETWEEN RUSSIAN DOMINATION AND EUROPEAN (DIS)ENGAGEMENT. THE CASE OF ABKHAZIA

With the ratification of the Association Agreements with Georgia and Moldova in 2014, the European Union (EU) has been confronted in its integration policies with several post-Soviet de facto states Vacuum Dust Bag Ring (Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria).The paper clarifies the concept of the de facto state and discusses how non-recognition

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Couples: Conflict as an Avenue for Personal Agency and Change

Objective.This article aims to offer a thoughtful examination of the relationship of couples as a platform that fosters the potential for personal agency and transformation.It acknowledges the individuals within these relationships as autonomous entities capable of managing strategies to reshape their subjectivity within the social context.Methodol

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