Relationships between sleep paralysis and sleep quality: current insights

D Denis - Nature and science of sleep, 2018‏ - Taylor & Francis
Sleep paralysis is the unusual experience of waking up in the night without the ability to
move. Currently little is known about the experience, despite the fact that the vast majority of …

Remembering to forget: a dual role for sleep oscillations in memory consolidation and forgetting

JJ Langille - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
It has been known since the time of patient HM and Karl Lashley's equipotentiality studies
that the hippocampus and cortex serve mnestic functions. Current memory models maintain …

Do animals dream?

JE Malinowski, D Scheel, M McCloskey - Consciousness and Cognition, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The understanding of biological functions of sleep has improved recently, including an
understanding of the deep evolutionary roots of sleep among animals. However, dreaming …

The Dream Catcher experiment: blinded analyses failed to detect markers of dreaming consciousness in EEG spectral power

W Wong, V Noreika, L Móró, A Revonsuo… - Neuroscience of …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Dream Catcher test defines the criteria for a genuine discovery of the neural
constituents of phenomenal consciousness. Passing the test implies that some patterns of …

Increased awakenings from non-rapid eye movement sleep explain differences in dream recall frequency in healthy individuals

M van Wyk, M Solms, G Lipinska - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
Background Dreaming is a universal experience, yet there is considerable inter-individual
variability in dream recall frequency (DRF). One dominant model, the “arousal-retrieval” …

Kei te moe te tinana, kei te oho te wairua–As the body sleeps, the spirit awakens: exploring the spiritual experiences of contemporary Māori associated with sleep

D Haami, R Gibson, N Lindsay… - Kōtuitui: New Zealand …, 2025‏ - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT For Aotearoa New Zealand Māori, sleep and wairua (spirit) are closely
intertwined. During sleep the wairua awakens and journeys across multiple dimensions of …

[HTML][HTML] An interhemispheric frontoparietal network supports hypnotic states

M Niedernhuber, AC Schroeder, C Lercher… - cortex, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Understanding the neural substrate of altered conscious states is an important cultural,
scientific, and clinical endeavour. Although hypnosis causes strong shifts in conscious …

The dynamic framework of mind wandering revisited: How mindful meta-awareness affects mental states' constraints

S Konjedi, R Maleeh - Consciousness and Cognition, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The dynamic framework of mind wandering (Christoff, Irving, Fox, Spreng, & Andrews-
Hanna, 2016) is reviewed and modified through integrating the construct of mindful meta …

Improving co** styles in family caregivers of psychiatric inpatients using planned behavior problem-solving training

Z Abedi, M Alavi, Z Ghazavi, D Visentin… - Journal of Nursing …, 2020‏ - journals.lww.com
Background: The consequences and high costs of psychiatric disorders impact family
caregivers greatly. Health services should identify and provide accessible support programs …

Differentiating oneiric stupor in agrypnia excitata from dreaming disorders

L Baldelli, F Provini - Frontiers in Neurology, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Oneiric Stupor (OS) in Agrypnia Excitata represents a peculiar condition characterized by
the recurrence of stereotyped gestures such as mimicking daily-life activities associated with …