Abstract Psychedelics lead to profound changes in subjective experience and behaviour, which are typically conceptualised in psychological terms rather than corresponding to an altered brain state or a distinct state of arousal. Here, we performed chronic electrophysiological recordings from the neocortex concomitant with pupillometry in freely moving adult male mice following an injection of a...
People with fantasy proneness and dispositions towards absorption and hypnotizability encounter waking thoughts that are particularly bizarre or dreamlike in nature. This suggests not only a continuity between dreaming and waking thoughts—what we refer to as continuity of thought—but perhaps stable individual differences in continuity of thought. The personality trait transliminality, which has...
Dream recall has high individual variability affected by a wide spectrum of methodological variables. The possibility that multiple dreams are typically experienced each night has received minimal study. 51 subjects were recruited from college psychology classes (35 F/16 M, mean age 22.2). The intake questionnaire queried subject dream recall varying from no dream recall=1, to multiple dreams...
SleepMay 1, 2025Zachary Sherman, Albert Vacheron, Rabin Shrestha et al.
Trauma-associated sleep disorder (TASD) is a proposed parasomnia that, while sharing criteria with REM-behavior disorder (RBD) remains under-recognized by clinicians. It is more common in the veteran population, and lacks clear guidelines on treatment, especially when accompanied by dream enactment behavior. A 67 year-old Gulf War veteran presented to sleep clinic with over 30 years of frequent...
Research has begun to identify self-efficacy as a crucial variable related to positive treatment outcomes. For treatments targeting nightmares, self-efficacy related to dreaming (DSE) has been proposed to be a key mechanism of change. Additionally, a robust amount of research exists that links nightmares to suicide, suggesting that mechanisms related to trauma-related nightmares may also be...
Abstract Introduction Targeted Dream Incubation (TDI) is the process of utilizing verbal cues (such as, “while you try to fall asleep, try and think of a tree”) during pre-sleep stages in order to directly shape dream content. Preliminary results have demonstrated that TDI may be able to increase dreaming self-efficacy (DSE). Our study aimed to replicate and extend initial findings by examining...
Abstract Introduction Recent studies and anecdotal reports suggest that sleep-onset hypnagogic dreams can contain creative insights, in some cases leading to Nobel prizes. While such reports are rare, targeted dream incubation (TDI) can induce dreams on pre-selected topics, such as “a tree,” in 70% of dream reports collected shortly after sleep onset, as well as a subsequent increase in...
This chapter explores the importance of dreams in personal growth and psychedelic integration, offering practical tools for remembering and interpreting dreams. By actively engaging with the unconscious mind through dream recording, individuals can foster deeper self-awareness and accelerate their transformative journeys. The chapter provides a step-by-step guide to remembering dreams,...
В статье автор сопоставляет понимание сознания человека в творчестве Ф. М. Достоевского и А. П. Платонова. Основными произведениями, задействованными в исследовании, становятся повести А. П. Платонова «Котлован» и роман «Чевенгур», а также произведения Ф. М. Достоевского «Двойник» и «Записки из подполья». Вспомогательными методами научной статьи являются сравнительный и текстологический анализ,...
This paper introduces a biomathematical model designed to describe the internal dynamics of dream formation and spontaneous cognitive processes. The model incorporates neurocognitive factors such as dissatisfaction, acceptance, forgetting, and mental activity, each of which is linked to established neural systems. We formulate a system of differential equations to simulate interactions among...