Increased creative thinking in narcolepsy.
Brain July 1, 2019 Célia Lacaux, Charlotte Izabelle, Giulio Santantonio et al. 47 citations
Some studies suggest a link between creativity and rapid eye movement sleep. Narcolepsy is characterized by falling asleep directly into rapid eye movement sleep, states of dissociated wakefulness and rapid eye movement sleep (cataplexy, hypnagogic hallucinations, sleep paralysis, rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder and lucid dreaming) and a high dream recall frequency. Lucid dreaming...
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Lucid dreaming
Creativity
Divergent thinking
Narcolepsy