Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
May 25, 2022
Maurizio Gorgoni, Serena Scarpelli, Valentina Alfonsi et al.
According to several influential models, dreams can be affected by state- and trait-like factors, sleep features, and diurnal experiences. The COVID-19 pandemic globally affected daily habits, emotional experiences, and sleep. Previous studies suggested an influence of collective traumatic events on dreaming. Starting from these premises, several studies assessed the effect of the pandemic on...
Sleep
May 25, 2022
Abstract: Introduction: Nightmares are associated with enormous suffering as well as a significant reduction in the quality of life of those affected. Various studies also show a direct correlation between the frequency of nightmares and suicidal tendencies. Nightmares are therefore diseases that must be taken very seriously. Currently, they are treated with costly therapy methods and sometimes...
Acta bio-medica
May 11, 2022
Diego Dal Sacco
The ability to remember dreams can depend on a wide range of factors such as personality, creativity, mental state, cognitive functions as well as somatic symptoms. In the course of their studies, medical researchers have demonstrated that about 80% patients, woken up at their Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep phase, can remember their own dreams, whereas, in clinical practice, young adults can...
Consciousness and Cognition
May 1, 2022
Jonas Mathes, Reinhard Pietrowsky
Being the aggressor in dreams has been investigated relatively sparsely. On the one hand, these kinds of nightmares may represent continuity of aggression in waking-life, but on the other hand, being the aggressor in dreams may compensate failing (suppressed) aggression from waking-life. Two subtypes of aggressor nightmares should thus be distinguished: Those in which the dreamer is the primary...
Психолог
May 1, 2022
Sergei Vladimirovich Kukharenko
The subject of this study is to identify the connection between the experience obtained in lucid dreams and the experience of meditation. The object of the study is the experience that accompanies the state of awareness (Pali-sati). In the article, the author presents the results of a study aimed at establishing the connection between the experience obtained in lucid dreams and the experience...
A History of Crossroads in Early Modern Culture
April 26, 2022
Bill Angus
This chapter explores crossroads practice associated with traditions of gods and spirits both above and below, suggesting a tradition of a vertical axis allowing access to the underworld or the heavens, the realms of the divine and the dead. What lies beneath is of course both conceptual and archaeological, while what is above is both conceptual and cosmological. The crossroad goddess Hecate’s...
Military Medicine
April 26, 2022
E. Saguin, Lieutenant Jean Hulot, Jean-Baptiste Roseau et al.
INTRODUCTION In the military population, trauma-related nightmares (TRNs) are highly associated with deployments and combat-related events. Trauma-related nightmares are also correlated with severity, treatment resistance, and chronicity of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). However, to date, no specific measure of TRNs has been validated for use in the French language. This study aimed to...
Imagination, Cognition and Personality
April 20, 2022
Michael Schredl, Judith Zumstein, Sven Baumann et al.
Previous research identified personality and neurophysiological traits that are associated with inter-individual differences in lucid dreaming frequency. The present study investigated the question as to whether sensory processing sensitivity is related to lucid dreaming. Overall, 1,807 persons (1,008 woman, 799 men) with a mean age of 47.75 ± 14.41 years completed the German High Sensitive...
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
April 12, 2022
C. Mallet, Christina F. Chick, R. Maatoug et al.
Posttraumatic nightmares may exacerbate and perpetuate the daytime symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and might represent a therapeutic target. The therapeutic strategy of memory reconsolidation using the β-adrenergic receptor blocker propranolol associated with re-exposure psychotherapy is a promising treatment in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder. Previous studies have...
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
April 11, 2022
Rachel M. Ranney, R. Gloria, Thomas J. Metzler et al.
Trauma-related nightmares are highly prevalent among veterans and are associated with higher-severity insomnia and posttraumatic stress disorder. Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (typically 6–8 sessions) has been shown to reduce trauma-related nightmares. Brief behavioral treatment for insomnia (BBTI, 4 sessions) has been found to be comparable to CBT-I in decreasing insomnia severity;...