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Giorgia Bontempi

3 papers in the library · 1 citation · publishing 2025-2026

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Individual traits and experiences predict the content of dreams

Communications Psychology April 28, 2026 Valentina Elce, Giorgia Bontempi, Serena Scarpelli et al.

Dreams are universal yet highly idiosyncratic experiences. While memories and personal concerns are known to influence dream content, how such influences evolve over time and how stable individual traits shape dreaming remain unclear. Here, we systematically quantified the semantic structure of dreams in a large, multimodal dataset comprising 3366 reports of dreams and waking experiences...

The semantics of dreams

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) May 21, 2025 Valentina Elce, Giorgia Bontempi, Serena Scarpelli et al. 1 citation preprint

Dreams are universal yet deeply personal experiences. While memory and personal concerns influence dream content, the impact of other individual, generalizable traits remains poorly understood. To address this gap, we built a multimodal dataset including dream and wakefulness reports, alongside demographic, psychometric, cognitive, and sleep-related measures in a large adult cohort. Natural...

The individual determinants of morning dream recall.

Communications Psychology February 18, 2025 Valentina Elce, Damiana Bergamo, Giorgia Bontempi et al.

Evidence suggests that (almost) everyone dreams during their sleep and may actually do so for a large part of the night. Yet, dream recall shows large interindividual variability. Understanding the factors that influence dream recall is crucial for advancing our knowledge regarding dreams' origin, significance, and functions. Here, we tackled this issue by prospectively collecting dream reports...