Abstract Mkid 150

Many researchers are advocating the so-called “continuity hypothesis” of dreaming which simply states that dreams reflect waking-life experiences. For deriving specific hypotheses, Schredl (2003) formulated a mathematical model that specifies factors that affect the probability that certain waking-life experiences are incorporated into subsequent dreams. The findings of the present diary study indicate that emotional intensity but not emotional tone of the waking-life events affects the incorporation into subsequent dreams. It seems very promising to investigate factors that affect the continuity between waking and dreaming with different methodological paradigms in order to arrive at a comprehensive, empirically tested, and precise continuity hypothesis.