Haoran Zheng
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Are state-of-the-art large language models conscious, or capable of anything like consciousness? We introduce ConsciousnessBench: the first systematic benchmark designed to empirically evaluate consciousness-relevant traits in frontier language models, grounded in 5 leading scientific theories. We assess 8 advanced models via 840 self-report responses, finding not only statistically robust...
Denis Banchenko, Mykhailo Mykhailovich Kapustin, Tatyana Burilova et al.
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Investigating the Potential for Synchronizing Lucid Dreams in a Group Using Meme and Tag-Meme Theory Within the Framework of the Banchenko Algorithm: An Analysis of Shared Elements and Objects
Remington Mallett
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During lucid moments of a dream, the sleeper is aware of the dream as it is occurring, and as a result can often perform predetermined actions within the dream. This provides a unique opportunity for dream research, as lucid dreamers can send real-time signals from sleep to the external world. Historically, such sleep-to-wake communication from a lucid dream is executed via left-right eye...
Clarita Bonamino, Emma Peters
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Lucid dreaming (LD) is the phenomenon during which dreamers are aware they are dreaming and may be able to influence dream content. Dream manipulation, or dream control, plays a critical role in the applications of LD across both clinical and non-clinical domains and may be a key determinant of therapeutic success. However, not all lucid dreamers are able to effectively influence their dreams,...
Chikayo Hemmi, Angus Leung, Jennifer Windt et al.
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Dream experiences during sleep provide an excellent opportunity to investigate the neural basis of consciousness. Previous studies have examined the neural correlates of dreaming using electroencephalography (EEG), focusing on spectral power in specific frequency bands. However, findings have been inconsistent, particularly regarding the spatiotemporal characteristics of these correlates,...
Ema Demšar, Jennifer Windt
In this chapter, we present the problem of dream reports in philosophy and empirical research, examine how the variability of methods and measures influences research results, and suggest that research on the phenomenological features of dreaming could benefit from insights from first-person methods in consciousness research. We consider two interview-based methods developed for acquiring...
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Jose Luis Garcia Vigil
This research paper explores the concept of time through introspective meditation and dream analysis, based on the philosophical approach of phenomenology of perception. The author engages in a mental experiment to reflect on the meaning of time and its different perceptions. The study involves, as participant, the author himself, who explores time subjectively and objectively, comparing it...