The Enigma of the Tinnitus-Free Dream State in a Bayesian World
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 patie...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Wiley
2014-01-01
|
| Series: | Neural Plasticity |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/612147 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1832549123135373312 |
|---|---|
| author | Dirk De Ridder Kathleen Joos Sven Vanneste |
| author_facet | Dirk De Ridder Kathleen Joos Sven Vanneste |
| author_sort | Dirk De Ridder |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | 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. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-c05029d25fc94cf6bedba8b97d31be0f |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 2090-5904 1687-5443 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2014-01-01 |
| publisher | Wiley |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Neural Plasticity |
| spelling | doaj-art-c05029d25fc94cf6bedba8b97d31be0f2025-02-03T06:12:15ZengWileyNeural Plasticity2090-59041687-54432014-01-01201410.1155/2014/612147612147The Enigma of the Tinnitus-Free Dream State in a Bayesian WorldDirk De Ridder0Kathleen Joos1Sven Vanneste2Department of Surgical Sciences, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New ZealandDepartment of Translational Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antwerp, BelgiumDepartment of Translational Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antwerp, BelgiumThere 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/612147 |
| spellingShingle | Dirk De Ridder Kathleen Joos Sven Vanneste The Enigma of the Tinnitus-Free Dream State in a Bayesian World Neural Plasticity |
| title | The Enigma of the Tinnitus-Free Dream State in a Bayesian World |
| title_full | The Enigma of the Tinnitus-Free Dream State in a Bayesian World |
| title_fullStr | The Enigma of the Tinnitus-Free Dream State in a Bayesian World |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Enigma of the Tinnitus-Free Dream State in a Bayesian World |
| title_short | The Enigma of the Tinnitus-Free Dream State in a Bayesian World |
| title_sort | enigma of the tinnitus free dream state in a bayesian world |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/612147 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT dirkderidder theenigmaofthetinnitusfreedreamstateinabayesianworld AT kathleenjoos theenigmaofthetinnitusfreedreamstateinabayesianworld AT svenvanneste theenigmaofthetinnitusfreedreamstateinabayesianworld AT dirkderidder enigmaofthetinnitusfreedreamstateinabayesianworld AT kathleenjoos enigmaofthetinnitusfreedreamstateinabayesianworld AT svenvanneste enigmaofthetinnitusfreedreamstateinabayesianworld |