Sleep: Opening a portal to the dreaming brain

Robert Stickgold; Antonio Zadra

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.016

Sleep: Opening a portal to the dreaming brain

Curr Biol. 2021 Apr 12;31(7):R352-R353. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.016.

Authors

Robert Stickgold¹, Antonio Zadra²

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: rstickgold@hms.harvard.edu.
² Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada.

PMID: 33848493
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.016

Abstract

The retrospective nature of dream reports represents a challenge to the study of dreams. Two-way, real-time communication between researchers and lucid dreamers immersed in REM sleep offers a new and exciting window into the study of dreams and dreaming.

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MeSH terms

Brain
Dreams*
Retrospective Studies
Sleep
Sleep, REM*