Sleep is a universal, essential biological process. It is also an invaluable window on
consciousness. It tells us that consciousness can be lost but also that it can be regained, in …

Minimal phenomenal experiences (MPEs) have recently gained attention in the fields of
neuroscience and philosophy of mind. They can be thought of as episodes of greatly …

Sleep has been classically described as an all-or-nothing global phenomenon. However,
recent research strongly suggests that this view requires tempering. Invasive and non …

Many authors argue that conscious experience involves a sense of self or self-
consciousness. According to the strongest version of this claim, there can be no selfless …

Previous experiments combining cognitive techniques and sleep disruption have been
relatively successful in inducing at-home lucid dreams (LD) over training periods of 1 week …

Whether we are awake or asleep is believed to mark a sharp divide between the types of
conscious states we undergo in either behavioural state. Consciousness in sleep is often …

Disorders of consciousness (DoCs) pose a significant clinical and ethical challenge
because they allow for complex forms of conscious experience in patients where intentional …

It is unclear to what extent the absence of vision affects the sensory sensitivity for oneiric
construction. Similarly, the presence of visual imagery in the mentation of dreams of …

This paper argues for a novel way of thinking about hallucinations as intensified forms of
mind-wandering. Starting from the observation that hallucinations are associated with …

The notion of a global state (or level) of consciousness is an increasingly important construct
in the science of consciousness. However, exactly what a global state of consciousness is …