Desislava Atanasova

Information processing during sleep: the effect of olfactory stimuli on dream content and dream emotions.

Journal of Sleep Research June 22, 2009 Michael Schredl, Desislava Atanasova, Karl Hörmann et al.

Research has shown that external stimuli presented during sleep can affect dream content, thus reflecting information processing of the sleeping brain. Olfactory stimuli should have a stronger effect on dream emotions because their processing is linked directly to the limbic system. Because selective olfactory stimulation does not increase arousal activity, intense olfactory stimulation is...