first developed by U.S. psychologist J. Allan Hobson, the hypothesis implies that the process of dreaming is an opportunity to organise the thoughts obtained during the day.
MENTAL HOUSECLEANING HYPOTHESIS: "One of the early hypotheses for the reasoning behind dreams, the mental housecleaning hypothesis, explained that dreams were a chance to tidy the thoughts and experiences of the day away in the brain."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "MENTAL HOUSECLEANING HYPOTHESIS," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/mental-housecleaning-hypothesis/ (accessed December 4, 2022).
