Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 30, 2022
ASV Prasad
preprint
Dreams are virtual repetitions during sleep, of what we perceive and act, in reality, when we are awake. The basis of wakeful state, is due to the sensory inputs from the sensory organs (through the ascending tracts) and the motor output from the respective brain centres (through the descending tracks), as well as, due to the activated ascending reticular activating system. (ARAS) and the...
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
April 29, 2022
M. Hoefer, Bryce E Schumacher, S. Voida
We present the research area of personal dream informatics: studying the self-information systems that support dream engagement and communication between the dreaming self and the wakeful self. Through a survey study of 281 individuals primarily recruited from an online community dedicated to dreaming, we develop a dream-information systems view of dreaming and dream tracking as a type of...
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
April 27, 2022
Pinyao Liu, Ekaterina R. Stepanova, Alexandra Kitson et al.
Flying dreams have the potential to evoke a feeling of empowerment (or self-efficacy, confidence in our ability to succeed) and self-transcendent experience (STE), which have been shown to contribute to an individual’s overall well-being. However, these exceptional dreaming experiences remain difficult to induce at will. Inspired by the potential of Virtual Reality (VR) to support profound...
Schizophrenia
April 23, 2022
Mascha M J Linszen, Janna De Boer, Maya Schutte et al.
55 citations
Although epidemiological studies report that hallucinations occur in 6-15% of the general population, little is known about their phenomenology. To overcome this paucity, this study investigates the phenomenological characteristics of hallucinations in the general population, by using a nationally promoted online survey to assess hallucination phenomenology in four sensory modalities, through a...
Clocks & Sleep
April 20, 2022
Daniel Erlacher, Vitus Furrer, Matthias Ineichen et al.
3 citations
Lucid dreaming offers the chance to investigate dreams from within a dream and by real-time dialogue between experimenters and dreamers during REM sleep. This state of consciousness opens a new experimental venue for dream research. However, laboratory study in this field is limited due to the rarity of lucid dreamers. In a previous study, we were able to induce in 50% of the participants a...
Routledge eBooks
April 19, 2022
Claudio Colace
In this chapter, the wishes that appear in the dreams of Marco’s first period are classified with respect to two basic criteria—that is, type of condition/state of the psychic apparatus (preconscious/conscious vs. unconscious) and parental approval or disapproval (i.e., prohibitions and rules coming from outside). Based on this latter criterion, we distinguish wishes into simple (unrepressed)...
Routledge eBooks
April 19, 2022
Claudio Colace
This chapter deals with the problem of dream report credibility in young children. After a brief review of literature on this theme, the author reports guidelines in evaluating dream report credibility based on eight objective criteria obtained from large studies on children’s dreams.
Digital Archive @ GSU
April 14, 2022
Stephanie Citron
The purpose of this study was to make explicit the essential structure of the experience of dreaming a droam which changes one's life. The study examined the total dream experience of a person, which included the dreamer?s report of his or her rolevant experience prior to the dream, the dream itself, and the subsequent waking experience of the dream. Because this study sought to discover the...
Journal of Sleep Research
April 13, 2022
Serena Scarpelli, Valentina Alfonsi, Maurizio Gorgoni et al.
64 citations
Several studies have tried to identify the neurobiological bases of dream experiences, nevertheless some questions are still at the centre of the debate. Here, we summarise the main open issues concerning the neuroscientific study of dreaming. After overcoming the rapid eye movement (REM) - non-REM (NREM) sleep dichotomy, investigations have focussed on the specific functional or structural...
PsyArXiv
April 12, 2022
Remington Mallett, Laura Sowin, Rachel Raider et al.
preprint
Therapies focused on lucid dreaming could be useful for treating various sleep disorders and other conditions. Still, one major roadblock is the paucity of systematic information on the consequences of attempting these sorts of dreams. The current study sought to quantify positive and negative aspects of seeking lucid dreams, describe their phenomenology in detail, and identify features...