Current Issues in Sport Science
February 7, 2024
Emma Peters, Xinlin Wang, Martin Dresler et al.
Introduction Lucid dreaming opens the possibility to rehearse sport skills within a dream while sleeping (Peters et al. 2023; Stumbrys et al. 2016). But so far, no induction techniques have been developed to induce reliable lucid dreams. One potential technique is to apply external stimulation while a person is sleeping in order to send a hint into the dream which might enhance lucidity in the...
The MIT Press eBooks
February 6, 2024
Lay down and almost immediately snapped into the Basal Clarity. [#3058]The lucidity was so shocking that I had the experience of falling out of the dream, down into a space that was a vast, limitless, empty void but also filled completely with pure awareness.[#105]
Research on child and adolescent psychopathology
February 2024
Mira El-Hourani, Antonio Zadra, Natalie Castellanos-Ryan et al.
Although disturbing dreams are prevalent in youth and are associated with psychopathology, little is known about their developmental course and risk factors. We aimed to examine the association between early social environment and subsequent disturbing dream frequency across adolescence as moderated by early negative emotionality. Measures of children's early social environment and negative...
Sleep
February 1, 2024
C. Paquet, K. Lenker, S. Calhoun et al.
STUDY OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to examine the degree of short-term stability of polysomnographic (PSG) measured sleep parameters and the overall differences between individuals with comorbid nightmares and insomnia compared to those with chronic insomnia disorder alone or good sleeping controls across four nights in the sleep lab. METHODS A total of 142 good sleeping controls,...
Drug research
February 1, 2024
Negin Naderifar, Elnaz Roohi, Ali Sharifi et al.
Nightmare disorder is associated with functional impairment, distress, and low quality of life; however, studies on pharmacotherapy of this debilitating disorder yielded mixed results. Prazosin, a non-selective α1 blocker is reported to be effective in treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder-related nightmares. We aimed at investigating therapeutic effects of tamsulosin which has higher...
International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie
February 1, 2024
Michael Lyvers, Morgana Robinson, Bruce Watt et al.
Research on aspects of dreaming associated with alexithymia has yielded mixed results. The present study recruited a young adult online sample of 577 participants who completed validated indices of alexithymia, emotion suppression, negative moods, and eight aspects of dreaming, with a focus on evaluating a counterintuitive previous finding that alexithymia and two of its core facets were...
International Internal Medicine Journal
January 29, 2024
Purpose: The research is aimed at studying the potential for dream synchronization, including lucid dreams, among a group of participants using the concepts of "memes" and "tag-memes" within the framework of the "Banchenko Algorithm" and the "Mnemonic Dream Synchronization Technique of Banchenko." Additionally, it aims to assess the effectiveness of a new artificial intelligence model built and...
Sleep Science
January 24, 2024
Horacio Balam Álvarez-García, Ulises Jiménez Correa
In adults, nightmare disorder is related to sleep deprivation, drug consumption or abuse, or other comorbid sleep disorders such as insomnia or insufficient sleep syndrome. Behavioral treatment has solid scientific evidence in disorders such as insomnia and, more recently, parasomnias. The aim of the present study was to investigate the clinical effectiveness of a Brief Behavioral Telemedicine...
Journal of Sleep Research
January 17, 2024
María Campo-Redondo, Gabriel Andrade
Perceived ethnic discrimination is known to be associated with anxiety and depression, and in turn, anxiety and depression are known to be associated with nightmare frequency and distress. This elicits a question: is perceived ethnic discrimination associated with nightmare frequency and distress? In this study, 179 female university students from the United Arab Emirates were assessed to...
Dreaming
2024
Ecological momentary assessment of daily affect, stress, and nightmare reports among combat-exposed Veterans.
Behavioral Sleep Medicine
2024
Stanley Kam Ki Lam, Cherry Tin Yan Cheung, Edward K S Wang et al.
Previous studies showed that nightmares are prevalent and are associated with negative health outcomes. However, no empirical data is available demonstrating the extent to which nightmare disorder persists over time. Current literature provides a limited understanding of the trajectory and wider mental health outcomes of nightmare disorder. This longitudinal study examined the persistence and...
International Journal of Business and Economic Affairs
2024
Naila Shakeel, Attiya Khan, Sajid Mehmood Alvi
1 citation
This study investigated the effect of nightmare on sleep disturbance and emotional dysregulation among University Students.The sample size comprised of 300 students which include 150 males and 150 females. Data was taken from the different departments of Government Post Graduate College for boys and University of Haripur by using the purposive sampling technique. Three instruments were used to...
SLEEP Advances
2024
Christopher M. McGrory, Augustus Kram Mendelsohn, Suzanne L. Pineles et al.
2 citations
Study Objectives: Trauma-related nightmares (TRNs) are a hallmark symptom of PTSD and are highly correlated with PTSD severity and poor sleep quality. Given the salience and arousal associated with TRNs, they might be an effective target for imaginal exposures during Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy. As a first step in this line of research, the current study compared participants' emotional...
SLEEP Advances
2024
Julia Fechner, Maren Born, Massimiliano Mancini et al.
1 citation
Abstract Study Objectives The “Zeigarnik effect” refers to the phenomenon where future intentions are remembered effectively only as long as they are not executed. This study investigates whether these intentions, which remain active during sleep, influence dream content. Methods After an adaptation night, each of the 19 participants (10 women and 9 men) received three different task plans in...
Frontiers in Psychology
2024
Garret Yount, Sitara Taddeo, Tadas Stumbrys et al.
1 citation
Salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) is considered a marker of autonomic nervous system activity in stress research, and atypical waking sAA responses have been reported for traumatized individuals. Lucid dreams, characterized by a dreamer's awareness of their dream state while remaining asleep, have shown promising preliminary evidence of their potential to enhance mental health. This study's...