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The Enigma of the Tinnitus-Free Dream State in a Bayesian World
Joint Authors
De Ridder, Dirk
Vanneste, Sven
Joos, Kathleen
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-07-06
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
There are pathophysiological, clinical, and treatment analogies between phantom limb pain and phantom sound (i.e., tinnitus).
Phantom limb pain commonly is absent in dreams, and the question arises whether this is also the case for tinnitus.
A questionnaire was given to 78 consecutive tinnitus patients seen at a specialized tinnitus clinic.
Seventy-six patients remembered their dreams and of these 74 claim not to perceive tinnitus during their dreams (97%).
This can be most easily explained by a predictive Bayesian brain model.
That is, during the awake state the brain constantly makes predictions about the environment.
Tinnitus is hypothesized to be the result of a prediction error due to deafferentation, and missing input is filled in by the brain.
The heuristic explanation then is that in the dream state there is no interaction with the environment and therefore no updating of the prediction error, resulting in the absence of tinnitus.
American Psychological Association (APA)
De Ridder, Dirk& Joos, Kathleen& Vanneste, Sven. 2014. The Enigma of the Tinnitus-Free Dream State in a Bayesian World. Neural Plasticity،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1046726
Modern Language Association (MLA)
De Ridder, Dirk…[et al.]. The Enigma of the Tinnitus-Free Dream State in a Bayesian World. Neural Plasticity No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1046726
American Medical Association (AMA)
De Ridder, Dirk& Joos, Kathleen& Vanneste, Sven. The Enigma of the Tinnitus-Free Dream State in a Bayesian World. Neural Plasticity. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1046726
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1046726