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Mahdad Jafarzadeh Esfahani

3 papers in the library · 33 citations · publishing 2021-2025

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LuciEntry: Towards Understanding the Design of Lucid Dream Induction

Conference on Designing Interactive Systems July 4, 2025 P. Wang, X. Fang, Gabriel Ducos et al.

Lucid dreaming, a state in which people become aware that they are dreaming, is known for its many mental and physical health benefits. However, most lucid dream induction techniques, such as reality testing, require significant time and effort to master, creating a barrier for people seeking these experiences. We designed LuciEntry, a portable interactive prototype aimed at helping people...

Dreamento: an open-source dream engineering toolbox for sleep EEG wearables

SoftwareX December 1, 2023 Mahdad Jafarzadeh Esfahani, Amir Hossein Daraie, Paul Zerr et al.

We introduce Dreamento (Dream engineering toolbox), an open-source Python package for dream engineering using sleep electroencephalography (EEG) wearables. Dreamento main functions are (1) recording, real-time monitoring, analysis, and sensory stimulation, and (2) offline post-processing of the resulting data, both in a graphical user interface. In real-time, Dreamento is capable of (1) data...

Virtual reality training of lucid dreaming.

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences February 1, 2021 Jarrod Gott, Leonore Bovy, Emma Peters et al. 33 citations

Metacognitive reflections on one's current state of mind are largely absent during dreaming. Lucid dreaming as the exception to this rule is a rare phenomenon; however, its occurrence can be facilitated through cognitive training. A central idea of respective training strategies is to regularly question one's phenomenal experience: is the currently experienced world real, or just a dream? Here,...