Experimentally Manipulating Dream Content by Reactivating a Remote Emotional Memory
SLEEP Advances September 4, 2026 Henderson S Holder, Erin J Wamsley
Abstract Sleep and dreaming have long been hypothesized to serve a functional role in emotion regulation. Here, we investigated how reactivating highly emotional autobiographical memories prior to sleep affects dream content and subsequent emotional appraisal of these memories. Participants (N = 42) completed the Autobiographical Emotional Memory Task (AEMT) prior to bed for three consecutive...