Case Reports in Neurology
May 30, 2024
Jorge Gelvane Tostes, Mateus Dal Fabbro, David J. Pedrosa et al.
3 citations
Introduction: Bradykinesia, characterized by slowed movement, stands out as a primary symptom observed in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD). Nonetheless, there are instances where PD patients exhibit sudden and effective movements despite the presence of bradykinesia. This phenomenon, referred to as paradoxical kinesia, has remained a subject of interest for neuroscientists, who have...
Brain Sciences
May 24, 2024
A.C. van der Heijden, Jade Thevis, Jill Verhaegen et al.
8 citations
Dreaming, a widely researched aspect of sleep, often mirrors waking-life experiences. Despite the prevalence of sensory perception during wakefulness, sensory experiences in dreams remain relatively unexplored. Free recall dream reports, where individuals describe their dreams freely, may not fully capture sensory dream experiences. In this study, we developed a dream diary with direct...
Intercontinental Journal of Social Sciences
May 20, 2024
Farwa Shafique, Kehkashan Arouj, Muhammad Martib Ali et al.
This study explores the dream experiences of visually impaired individuals in Pakistan, with particular emphasis on sensory perception, daydreaming, emotional regulation, and optimism. A qualitative research design was employed by a phenomenological approach that would be used to capture the lived experiences of the visually impaired people. The sampling method was a purposive sample of 16...
Brain Sciences
May 14, 2024
Elena Gerhardt, Benjamin Baird
3 citations
Lucid dreaming involves becoming aware that one’s current experience is a dream, which has similarities with the notion of mindfulness—becoming aware of moment-to-moment changes in experience. Additionally, meta-awareness, the ability to explicitly notice the current content of one’s own mental state, has also been proposed to play an important role both in lucid dreaming and mindfulness...
Group Analysis
May 10, 2024
Robi Friedman
This article looks at the group approach to shared dreams following previous publications, including Dreams In Group Psychotherapy: Theory and Technique (Neri et al. 2002) and further papers1, and a natural extension to a 2022 publication (Friedman, 2022). One innovative perspective is the notion that it is often a ‘collective preoccupation’ which starts a group’s shared elaboration process...
Life Science Research Communications
May 8, 2024
Mohammad Yunus
In today’s fast-paced and demanding workplace, it is crucial to maintain maximum cognitive function and productivity in order to achieve success. However, amid the busy and active working life, individuals may experience a distinct phenomenon called hypnagogia - the transitional condition between being awake and falling asleep. Hypnagogia, which is defined by intense sensory experiences and...
Journal of Sleep Sciences
May 8, 2024
Mortaza Zangeneh Soroush
What is dreaming in blind individuals like? For years, this question has been attracting much attention in science. However, dreaming is still, to a large extent, an unknown phenomenon for researchers (1, 2). Previous studies show that dreams include different sensory modalities and experiences (3).
Death Studies
May 6, 2024
Shani Pitcho
Abstract This qualitative study explored the mortality salience effect as it manifested in the dreams of Israelis in the aftermath of the Hamas terror attack on October 7, 2023, and during the ensuing war. Over a two-month period, a sample of 242 dreams was collected via an online survey. Two forms of thematic analysis, namely, inductive and deductive, were utilized. Viewed through the...
Journal of Clinical Psychology
May 1, 2024
Timea Kehr, Suzanne Haeyen
Posttraumatic nightmares (PTN) are a frequent symptom after a traumatic event and often play part in the psychopathology of patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Imagery rehearsal therapy (IRT) currently offers the best evidence for an effective treatment to reduce PTNs, although high drop-out rates are common. Art therapy in IRT may counteract this, by its indirect, nonverbal,...
Journal of Sleep Research
May 1, 2024
Pierre A Geoffroy, Émilie Stern, Julia Maruani et al.
This psychometric pilot study aims to evaluate a new multidimensional simple scale, named the nightmare severity index (NSI) - close to the existing insomnia (ISI) and hypersomnia (HSI) severity indexes. The NSI encompasses all main dimensions of nightmare disorder, evaluating four subdimensions: frequency, emotional impact, diurnal impact, and nocturnal impact of nightmares. The NSI was...
Scientific Reports
April 26, 2024
Zixuan Guo, Xiaoli Han, Tiantian Kong et al.
8 citations
Suicide is prevalent among young adults, and epidemiological studies indicate that insomnia, nightmares, and depression are significantly associated with a high incidence of suicidal ideation (SI). However, the causal relationship between these factors and SI remains unclear. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the association between nightmares and depression and insomnia and...
Brain Sciences
April 25, 2024
Abel A Oldoni, André D Bacchi, Fúlvio R Mendes et al.
4 citations
Lucid dreaming (LD) is a physiological state of consciousness that occurs when dreamers become aware that they are dreaming, and may also control the oneiric content. In the general population, LD is spontaneously rare; thus, there is great interest in its induction. Here, we aim to review the literature on neuropsychopharmacological induction of LD. First, we describe the circadian and...
Medical Science Monitor
April 23, 2024
Anney Roy, Varsha Subramanian Girija, E. Kitzlerová
Maladaptive daydreaming has been recently identified as a mental disorder and significantly relates to high levels of attentional absorption. As a form of spontaneous and self-generated mental process, daydreaming can lead to the disintegration of attention from the immediate external environment. In extreme cases, patients may develop maladaptive daydreaming comorbid with dissociation,...
Sleep
April 20, 2024
Kristi E. Pruiksma, Allison K. Wilkerson, Daniel J. Taylor et al.
Few providers are trained to deliver Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Nightmares (CBT-N) despite the impact of nightmares on physical and mental health. Reduced access to treatment is partially due to limited training opportunities. Web-based training resources are valuable because they are easily accessible, are cost-efficient, and can be reviewed by providers as needed. This presentation...
Sleep
April 20, 2024
Kristi E. Pruiksma, Katherine E Miller, Joanne L. Davis et al.
Few providers are trained to deliver Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Nightmares (CBT-N) despite the impact of nightmares on physical and mental health. Reduced access to treatment is partially due to limited training opportunities. Web-based training resources are valuable because they are easily accessible, are cost-efficient, and can be reviewed by providers as needed. This presentation...
Sleep
April 20, 2024
Shalini Gupta, A. Avidan
Sleep-related hallucination (SRH) is a parasomnia that may be encountered in the form of altered dream mentation in α-synucleinopathies, particularly in the setting of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Visual hallucinations (VH) are complex, well-formed, episodes that represent a core diagnostic criterion for DLB. We report a patient who presented with REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), VH, and...
Sleep
April 20, 2024
Garrett Baber, Daiil Jun, Jeffrey M. Girard et al.
Abstract Introduction Dreaming has been theorized to facilitate fear extinction learning in a manner akin to desensitization therapy. A testable hypothesis from this theory is that the experience of fear in dreams leads to lower subsequent daytime negative affect. This study employed a novel natural language processing tool and multilevel modeling to test whether fear in dreams led to...
Sleep
April 20, 2024
Chadwick C Frost, Taya Middleton, Erin J. Wamsley
Abstract Introduction Completing a learning task just before sleep often induces task-related dreams. This is thought to reflect the consolidation of recently formed memories in the sleeping brain. However, this literature has focused almost exclusively on how recent experiences newly introduced before sleep are incorporated into dreams. It is unknown whether and how remote memories may also be...
Sleep Medicine Reviews
April 16, 2024
J.P. Delage, Jeannie Côté, William-Girard Journault et al.
22 citations
Insomnia and nightmares are both prevalent and debilitating sleep difficulties. The present systematic review aims to document the relationships between insomnia and nightmares in individuals without a concomitant psychopathology. The relationships between insomnia and dreams are also addressed. PsycINFO and Medline were searched for papers published in English or French from 1970 to March...
Scientific Reports
April 15, 2024
Jing Zhang, Andres Pena, Nicole Delano et al.
Dreaming is a universal human behavior that has inspired searches for meaning across many disciplines including art, psychology, religion, and politics, yet its function remains poorly understood. Given the suggested role of sleep in emotional memory processing, we investigated whether reported overnight dreaming and dream content are associated with sleep-dependent changes in emotional memory...