cho anal yt ic ▁st ance ▁within ▁the ▁psych iat ric ▁profession . ▁As ▁He yn ick ▁points ▁out , ▁the ▁personal ▁significance ▁in ▁this ▁dream ▁is ▁in ▁fact ▁derived ▁almost ▁exclus ively ▁from ▁the ▁ver bal ▁dialog ue , ▁without ▁which ▁the ▁dream ▁would ▁lose ▁all ▁its ▁meaning . ▁ ▁Psych one ir ics ▁model ▁The ▁psych one ir ics ▁( from ▁Greek ; ▁ps y cho ▁= ▁mind ▁+ ▁one iros ▁= ▁dream ) ▁model ▁of ▁dream ▁generation , ▁form ulated ▁by ▁F oul kes ▁from ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁on wards , ▁is ▁c ited ▁ ▁as ▁an ▁exempl ary ▁model ▁( though ▁not ▁necessarily ▁the ▁only ▁possible ▁type ▁of ▁model ) ▁of ▁how ▁the ▁generation ▁of ▁ver bal ▁language ▁can ▁be ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁the ▁generation ▁of ▁the ▁overall ▁dream ▁scenario . ▁Pattern ed ▁on ▁the ▁psych ol ingu istic ▁model ▁of ▁speech ▁production ▁( in ▁w ake ful ness ), ▁the ▁psych one ir ics ▁model ▁is ▁basically ▁non - ne uro log ical . ▁It ▁views ▁dream ▁generation ▁in ▁humans ▁as , ▁like ▁speech ▁in ▁humans , ▁a ▁skill ful ▁cogn itive ▁act , ▁in ▁fact ▁possibly ▁drawing ▁upon ▁the ▁self same ▁cogn itive ▁ab ilities . ▁ ▁The ▁input ▁to ▁the ▁dream ing ▁process ▁involves ▁( not ▁unlike ▁the ▁activation - syn thesis ▁hypothesis ▁of ▁dream ing ) ▁the ▁diff use ▁activation ▁of ▁memory ▁elements . ▁Psych one ir ics ▁focus es ▁on ▁the ▁mid range ▁dream ▁generation ▁processes ▁( reg ard