Revonsuo's 2000 threat simulation hypothesis, whose premise is that during much of human evolution, physical and interpersonal threats were serious, giving reproductive advantage to those who survived them. Dreaming aided survival by replicating these threats and providing the dreamer with practice in dealing with them. In 2015, Revonsuo proposed social simulation theory, which describes dreams as a simulation for training social skills and bonds.
revonsuo's 2000 threat simulation hypothesis whose premise is that during much of human evolution physical and interpersonal threats were serious giving reproductive advantage to those who survived them dreaming aided survival by replicating these threats and providing the dreamer with practice in dealing with them in 2015 revonsuo proposed social simulation theory which describes dreams as a simulation for training social skills and bonds