Targeted dream incubation at sleep onset increases post-sleep creative performance
Scientific Reports May 15, 2023 Adam Haar Horowitz, Kathleen Esfahany, Tomás Vega Galvez et al. 31 citations
The link between dreams and creativity has been a topic of intense speculation. Recent scientific findings suggest that sleep onset (known as N1) may be an ideal brain state for creative ideation. However, the specific link between N1 dream content and creativity has remained unclear. To investigate the contribution of N1 dream content to creative performance, we administered targeted dream...