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The observer's blind spot: Discrepancies between self-reported and external ratings of dream affect.
Brodeur B, Zadra A.
Consciousness and cognition 31 oct. 2026
Because dream experiences are largely accessible only through retrospective reports after awakening, estimates of dream affect may depend on who evaluates the report. We compared dreamers' self-ratings with ratings made by independent external judges to examine how rating method influences estimates of the presence, valence, and intensity of dream affect. The dataset comprised 1,946 home dream reports from 106 adults; models that included age used data from 104 participants.
Lived Experiences and Meanings of End-of-Life Dreams and Visions Among Patients with Advanced Cancer: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Meaning, Connection, and Self-Continuity.
Rajabiun A, Mousavi Nasab SMH, Boostani D.
The American journal of hospice & palliative care 26 oct. 2026
End-of-life dreams and visions (ELDVs) are meaningful subjective experiences commonly reported by dying patients. While prior research has shown their emotional and existential value, evidence from non-Western settings remains scarce. This study explored the lived experiences and meanings of ELDVs among Iranian patients with advanced cancer.Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), eleven patients who had experienced at least one ELDV were recruited via purposive sampling.
Reduction in reported nightmares during adjunctive trihexyphenidyl treatment in an adolescent: A case report.
Sumitomo N, Matsui K, Tsuru A, Matsushima S, Takahashi E, Izuhara M, Hazumi M, Nagao K, Utsumi T, Yoshiike T, Komaki H, Kuriyama K.
Sleep medicine 26 oct. 2026
Nightmares are a frequent and disabling symptom of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and may perpetuate fear of sleep, insomnia, and psychiatric deterioration. Evidence for pharmacologic treatment in children and adolescents remains limited. We report a 13-year-old boy with PTSD who reported cessation of persistent nightmares during adjunctive trihexyphenidyl (THP) treatment. Polysomnography showed an apnea-hypopnea index of 9.4/h, with 24.5/h during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.
Do Hopfield networks dream of stored patterns? A statistical-mechanical theory of dreaming in multidirectional associative memories.
Barra A, Durante F, Ladiana A, Marra Solazzo M.
Neural networks : the official journal of the International Neural Network Society 9 oct. 2026
We introduce the Dreaming L-directional Associative Memory (DLAM), a multi-layer Hebbian architecture in which off-line dreaming and supervised heteroassociative coupling coexist within a single cost function, placing our approach within the framework of energy-based models (EBMs). The replica-symmetric free energy, derived via the Guerra interpolation scheme, yields self-consistency equations governing the order parameters across the control-parameter space.
A graph theory approach to chart the architecture of dream and mind-wandering reports.
Coppola P, Sikka P, Valli K, Tuominen J, Revonsuo A, Loukola V, Bernstein R, Strid N, Kirberg M, Ezquerro-Nassar A, Windt J, Noreika V, Mota NB, Bekinschtein TA.
Communications psychology 8 oct. 2026
The language people use to describe their inner experiences arising during sleep and wakefulness provides a window into the mind. Dreams and unguided waking thought, here referred to as mind wandering, are thought to reflect unique individual differences and mental health. Here we use graph theory to analyse a large dataset of dream (n = 1434) and mind wandering (n = 1619) reports from 176 individuals.
Direct and Indirect Associations Between War-Related Nightmares, Anxiety-Depression Symptoms, and Somatization in a Sample of Displaced Lebanese Adults During the 2024-2025 Lebanese War: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Saadeh N, Atallah E, Fawaz M, Hallit R, Malaeb D, Hallit S, Fekih-Romdhane F, Obeid S.
Health science reports 7 oct. 2026
Background and aims Somatization, the physical manifestation of emotional and psychological distress, is a prevalent issue in populations exposed to war and trauma. War-related nightmares are common among displaced individuals and are linked to depression, anxiety, and somatization. Yet, the indirect role of depression-anxiety in the association between war-related nightmares and somatization remains underexplored, particularly in the Lebanese context during the 2024-2025 war.
Rates and correlates of nightmares and insomnia in active duty military service members pre- and postdeployment.
Pruiksma KE, Taylor DJ, Lavalley CA, Davis JL, Williamson DE, Kelly KM, Maurer DM, Borah EV, Brundige A, Young-McCaughan S, Litz BT, Olvera RL, Young KA, Peterson AL.
Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy 28 sept. 2026
Objective This study aimed to determine the rates, chronicity, and correlates of nightmares and insomnia, alone and in combination, in U.S. Army personnel at predeployment and postdeployment. Method Service members were assessed prior to ( N = 3,952) and following ( N = 1,762) a combat deployment between 2010 and 2016. Participants were categorized predeployment into nightmare and insomnia groups using the PTSD Checklist-Military Version distressing dreams item (Item 2 score ≥ 3) and the Insomnia Severity Index (total score ≥ 15).
Virtual reality as a metacognitive training tool for lucid dreaming.
Signorelli A, Tormen F, Dal Bianco B, De Pisapia N.
Frontiers in psychology 28 sept. 2026
Introduction Lucid dreaming (LD) involves awareness of being in a dream during REM sleep and depends on the reactivation of metacognitive and reality-monitoring processes. This study tested whether a virtual reality (VR) intervention designed to rehearse lucid-dream-relevant metacognitive routines increases LD rates beyond baseline training, and whether generic VR exposure produces similar effects.
The Seattle Trauma and Autonomic Related Sleep Symptoms (STARSS) Scale: A Novel Self-Report Measure of Sleep Disturbances With Nightmares and Autonomic Symptoms Following Trauma.
Terry GE, Rosser AF, Liang KJ, Hart KL, Campbell SB, Raskind MA, Hendrickson RC.
Journal of sleep research 24 sept. 2026
Sleep disruption is a common hallmark of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), causing significant distress and often persisting after remission of other symptoms. Autonomic dysregulation is commonly comorbid and has been implicated in the underlying pathophysiology of both wake- and sleep-related symptoms following trauma. However, existing self-report tools for nightmares and trauma-related sleep disruption place relatively little emphasis on autonomic symptoms such as palpitations and sweating, limiting our ability to gauge these features…
Pooled prevalence of sleep paralysis in South Asian countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Jain H, Barod N, Gupta A, Haldar P, Sharma G.
Sleep medicine 22 sept. 2026Revue de la littérature
Background Sleep paralysis (SP) is a rapid eye movement parasomnia often accompanied by intense psychological distress and hallucinations. The epidemiological landscape within the South Asian nations remains highly variable and poorly synthesized, compounded by deep-seated cultural stigmas. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to establish the pooled prevalence of SP within the South Asian region. Methods A systematic literature search of PubMed, IMSEAR, PsycNet, and Google Scholar was conducted through February 2026 (PROSPERO: CRD420261301875).
Synthetic dreaming for state-conditioned epistemic exploration in neural networks.
Lachiany M.
Neural networks : the official journal of the International Neural Network Society 19 sept. 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems typically learn from externally provided data, which constrains their generalization, robustness under distributional shift, and creative capacity. Inspired by biological dreaming, we propose a learning framework termed synthetic dreaming, in which a neural network generates internally imagined training samples conditioned on its evolving latent representations and integrates them into the optimization process.
Psychometric Properties of the Nightmare Distress Questionnaire in Veterans with Posttraumatic Nightmares.
Fisher G, Cohen AB, Prguda E, Romaniuk M.
Behavioral sleep medicine 12 sept. 2026
Objectives The study examined the psychometric properties of the Nightmare Distress Questionnaire (NDQ) in veterans with a provisional posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis and trauma-related nightmares. Method Participants were 659 Australian Defence Force veterans who completed online questionnaires for a larger study investigating military-civilian transition.
Lucid Dream Control: Mechanisms, Challenges and Future Directions.
Bonamino C, Peters E.
Journal of sleep research 11 sept. 2026Revue de la littérature
During lucid dreaming, individuals are aware that they are dreaming and may, in some cases, be able to influence dream content. The effectiveness of both clinical and non-clinical applications of lucid dreaming likely depends not only on achieving lucidity but also on the ability to exert control over the dream. However, lucidity does not always translate into control, and many lucid dreamers struggle to intentionally influence their lucid dreams.
Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 10 sept. 2026Revue de la littérature
Purpose Sleep paralysis is a REM-sleep parasomnia which manifests as a temporary inability to perform voluntary muscle movements during the sleep-wake transition. Anxiety disorders are characterized by excessive fear, anxiety, and related behavioral disturbances. Notably, lifetime prevalence of sleep paralysis is elevated among psychiatric populations. The purpose of this review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the association between sleep paralysis and anxiety, encompassing both anxiety symptoms and formally diagnosed anxiety disorders.
Reactivating a Relaxation Exercise During Sleep to Influence Cortical Hyperarousal in Individuals With Frequent Nightmares.
Sayk C, Probst A, Lange F, Eickemeier S, Amores J, Ngo HV, Ehsanifard M, Junghanns K, Wilhelm I.
Journal of sleep research 9 sept. 2026
High-frequency EEG activity during sleep, reflecting cortical hyperarousal, has recently been incorporated into aetiology models of nightmares. However, its precise role remains insufficiently understood because experimental approaches to manipulate hyperarousal during sleep are limited. In the present study, we investigated whether re-presenting a relaxation-associated odour cue during sleep to reactivate a previously practiced deep-breathing relaxation exercise reduces cortical hyperarousal as indexed by beta (16.25-31 Hz) and gamma (31.25-45 Hz)…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 9 sept. 2026
In an extraordinary convergence, Emmanuel Mignot and Masashi Yanagisawa employed two entirely different approaches to establish the pathogenesis of narcolepsy, a devastating sleep disorder associated with overwhelming sleep attacks, cataplexy, episodes with sudden loss of muscle tone, and hallucinations resulting from dreaming while awake. Yanagisawa purified brain ligands for orphan G protein-coupled receptors identifying a peptide, orexin, and then used reverse genetics to show that a knockout of the neuropeptide caused narcolepsy in mice.
Experimentally manipulating dream content by reactivating a remote emotional memory.
Holder HS, Wamsley EJ.
Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society 4 sept. 2026
Sleep and dreaming have long been hypothesized to serve a functional role in emotion regulation. Here, we investigated how reactivating highly emotional autobiographical memories prior to sleep affects dream content and subsequent emotional appraisal of these memories. Participants ( N = 42) completed the Autobiographical Emotional Memory Task prior to bed for three consecutive nights, providing up to three verbal dream reports each night, with sleep monitored via wrist actigraphy.
Gabapentin-Induced Severe Vivid Nightmares: A Case Series and Brief Review.
Hasoon J, Nguyen A, Safabakhsh NA, Viswanath O, Robinson CL.
Psychopharmacology bulletin 1 sept. 2026Revue de la littérature
Gabapentin is widely prescribed for neuropathic and radicular pain syndromes. While somnolence and dizziness are well-recognized adverse effects, severe vivid nightmares may constitute an underreported psychiatric side effect that can significantly impair quality of life and treatment adherence. We present two cases of gabapentin-induced severe vivid nightmares in patients treated for spinal pain syndromes. Management strategies included medication discontinuation and transition to pregabalin.
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