At a conference on dreams, a researcher mentions the frequent dream reports of flying and motor movement. He proposes that these dream reports are a result of ancient fears that are part of our genetic coding
The researcher then asks members of the audience for other suggestions. A student who just read of the Hobson-McCarley explanation for dreams suggests that the frequency of such reports is due to
a) high rates of the activation of motor and balance centers in the brain.
b) child abuse that leads victims to seek refuge from their fears in dreams.
c) a latent form of schizophrenia that often goes undetected in its early stages.
d) a failure of the brain to consolidate memories, which causes it to remove old memories quickly to make room for new memories.
A
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