When a working group of scientists got together in 2001 to define “dreams”, they were unable to provide a single definition. Rather, they recommended a wide definition of dreams that extended beyond nocturnal hallucinations to include waking states and spectrums related to recall and content.
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Pagel, J. F., Blagrove, M., Levin, R., States, B., Stickgold, B., & White, S. (2001). Definitions of dream: A paradigm for comparing field descriptive specific studies of dream. Dreaming, 11, 195-202. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1012240307661