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"Dream Deprivation": Effects on Dream Content

Terry Pivik, David Foulkes

Science September 9, 1966 DOI: 10.1126/science.153.3741.1282 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Experimental study Peer reviewed
Population Repressers and sensitizers
Intervention selective deprivation of rapid-eye-movement sleep
Topics Dreaming
Key findings Dream content intensified after REM sleep deprivation, significantly only for repressers.

Abstract

Dream content elicited following the selective deprivation of rapid-eye-movement sleep was intensified compared to that elicited under nondeprivation conditions. This effect was observed both for repressers and for sensitizers, but was significant only for repressers. On nondeprivation nights, the dream periods of sensitizers were shorter and their dreams more intense than those of repressers.

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Other experimental studies on dreaming, most cited first.

Study Year Design Participants
Lucid Dreaming Verified by Volitional Communication during Rem Sleep Selected subjects proficient in lucid dreaming 1981 Experimental study n = 5
Slow Wave Sleep Dreaming Fifty volunteers sleeping in a sleep laboratory 1992 Observational study with counterbalanced within-subject awakenings n = 50
Incorporation of concern- and nonconcern-related verbal stimuli into dream content. Seven male subjects studied during sleep Stages 2 and REM 1981 Experimental study n = 7
Lucid Dreaming and Alpha Activity: A Preliminary Report Good dream recallers 1982 Experimental study n = 10
Lucid dreaming during NREM sleep: Two case reports 2012 Sleep laboratory study

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