0459 Targeted Dream Incubation to Enhance Creativity and Reduce PTSD Symptoms Using an EEG-Based Software Platform
Sleep May 1, 2025 Robert Stickgold, Alon Shamir, Noa Brande-Eilat et al. 1 citation
Abstract Introduction Recent studies and anecdotal reports suggest that sleep-onset hypnagogic dreams can contain creative insights, in some cases leading to Nobel prizes. While such reports are rare, targeted dream incubation (TDI) can induce dreams on pre-selected topics, such as “a tree,” in 70% of dream reports collected shortly after sleep onset, as well as a subsequent increase in...