In his dream, Andy is an infant crawling through a dark tunnel looking for something he has lost. Which theory would be most receptive to an explanation that while Andy was sleeping, neurons in his pons that would ordinarily stimulate leg-muscle movement were active?

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The activation-synthesis theory of dreaming suggests that dreams are the result of the brain's attempt to make sense of random neural activity during sleep. This theory would be most receptive to an explanation that Andy's dream was influenced by neurons in the pons that were constantly generating signals to the muscle groups, causing his legs to move and creating a sensation that he was crawling through a dark tunnel.

In His Dream, Andy Is an Infant Crawling Through a Dark