Questões sobre o sono e os sonhos na Psicanálise Freudiana e no “Oráculo da Noite”

Abstract

This research carried out a qualitative appreciation of the approximations and dissimilarities of the neuronal functioning in dreams by means of a comparison between the conceptual relations in the "Interpretation of Dreams" and in the "Night Oracle". As a result, we obtained that although Freud (1900/2019) did not develop aspects about the functioning of the brain, questions and hypotheses are identified in this author about the relation between neuronal functioning and the discharge of excitation in the psychic apparatus, this was the first delimitation of the research that provided the restrictive conditions of the qualitative appreciation. In order to identify these approximations and dissimilarities we made the effort to achieve objectivity, starting with the selection of the aspects: 1. The influence of the somatic dimension in the material and sources of dreams; 2. Relations between neuronal functioning and the psychology of oneiric processes; 3. References to Evolution. In possession of these approximations and dissimilarities we contribute to the field of epistemological studies that reflect on the possibilities of articulation between Psychoanalysis and Neurosciences. More specifically, this research focuses on Freud's metapsychology - it groups and correlates the phenomena involving neuronal functioning and the psychology of dreams and dreaming and compares them with the conceptual relations that Sidarta Ribeiro (2019) proposes between neuronal functioning and dream psychology. In Ribeiro (2019) we present the articulations between neuroscience and psychoanalysis from the relation of brain and psychoanalytic concepts. Then, we report approximations and dissimilarities, emphasizing the dissimilarities we found in the hypotheses between the two authors and in the presentation of concepts related to the psychology of dream processes through Freud (1900/2019) and Ribeiro (2019). By way of conclusion, we elaborate an extensive commentary that compiles and reviews the data obtained in this research and points to future perspectives for exploring this theme.