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Previously we pointed out similarities between patterns of delayed inc
orporations of daytime stimuli into dreams and delayed memory processe
s in rats. In commenting upon this article, Roll argued that this redu
ctionistic leap is unwarranted. We contend that it would be remiss nor
ro make note of this potential connection, especially in view of rece
nt major contributions of animal research to the understanding of REM
sleep and dreams. We also suggest th al the disruption-avoidance-adapt
ation model constitutes a preferable psychological explanation for the
dream-lag effect than Roll's psychoanalytic model of repression and r
epetition compulsion.