Brain Sciences
June 21, 2024
J F Pagel
4 citations
The original conceptualization of REM sleep as paradoxical sleep was based on its EEG resembling wakefulness and its association with dreaming. Over time, the concept of paradox was expanded to include various associations with REM sleep, such as dream exclusivity, high recall, and pathophysiology. However, none of these associations are unique to REM sleep; they can also occur in other sleep...
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,...