Sleep: The Sensory Disconnection of Dreams

Francesca Siclari

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.060

Sleep: The Sensory Disconnection of Dreams

Curr Biol. 2020 Jul 20;30(14):R826-R828. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.060.

Author

Francesca Siclari¹

Affiliation

¹ Center for Investigation and Research in Sleep, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: francesca.siclari@chuv.ch.

PMID: 32693081
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.060

Abstract

It has been known for some time that the brain can react selectively to meaningful sensory stimuli during sleep. A recent study shows that this ability may be selectively suppressed during rapid eye movements of sleep.

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MeSH terms

Brain
Dreams*
Sleep
Sleep, REM*