Sleep Problems and the Phenomenological Factors of Dreaming
Sleep and Hypnosis March 3, 2016 Calvin Kai-Ching Yu, Nigel S. Thompson 5 citations
Sleep problems, except sleep bruxism, sleepwalking, and snoring, can amplify various aspects of dreaming. Among these, sleep paralysis shows the most robust and extensive effects. Sleep onset insomnia and hypersomnia both increase overall dream intensity, but through different pathways: insomnia is linked to stronger dream distortion and paramnesia, while hypersomnia is associated with more vivid perceptual sensations during dreaming. These findings come from a sample of 186 upper secondary school students.