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September news | Sleep and dreams

 

Awakening - Thoughts About Lucid Dreaming (Documentary) (The Lucid Guide)

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Trouble sleeping? 11 natural remedies to try that might help with insomnia (Irish Examiner)

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Can’t sleep? People are swearing by this US military method for curing insomnia (Irish Examiner)

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August news | Sleep and dreams

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Sink or swim: How (lucid dreaming) author Charlie Morley abandoned his comfort zone to speak in front of large crowds (CNBC)

 

To beat bedtime anxiety, think of your brain as a cassette deck (Quartz)

 

Turns out near-death experiences are psychedelic, not religious (Wired)

 

Sleep deprived? This study finds you shouldn't be asking for advice (BigThink)

 

'Contagious' Loneliness Could Follow Poor Sleep (LiveScience)

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Is It Safe To Sleep With A Noise Machine? Your Snooze Definitely Won't Suffer & Here's Why (Elite Daily)

 

Drinking two cups of coffee a day could leave you struggling to sleep years later, study shows (Daily Mail)

 

Whether I Actually Astral Projected or Not Is Not the Point (The Good Men Project)

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Why So Many People Sleep in McDonald's in Hong Kong (CNN)

 

Regular lie-ins are worse than getting too little sleep, study suggests (The Telegraph)

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Dreams

 

Your dreams could come from these two genes (Live Science)

 

Nightmares could be 'turned off' after scientists discover the genes that control deep sleep (Daily Mail)

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Decoding dreams: 6 answers to what goes on inside the sleeping mind (Washington Post)

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​The dreams you forget are the most important for learning (New Scientist)

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​Why dreaming is vital: Unlocking the power of REM sleep (New Scientist)

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The science of sleep: dreaming, depression, and how REM sleep regulates negative emotions (Brainpickings)

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Nightmare disorder makes waking life hellish too (the Outline)

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Women have more nightmares than men, study shows (ScienceDaily)

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Why You Keep Having the Same Work Stress Dream Over and Over (The Cut)

 

What words best describe your dreams? (Psychology Today)

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Lucid Dreaming

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​Some People Are Using Lucid Dreams To Be More Productive While They Sleep (Business Insider Australia)

 

Meet the people who use lucid dreaming to solve their problems (The Overtake)

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Deja vu, synchronicity, fate, destiny and the law of attraction (OBE Outlook)

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The unconscious mind as a gateway to greater self-awareness (Global Times China)

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​Paul Stamets tells us how to save the bees (with lucid dreaming) (Joe Rogan, Youtube)

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Lucid dreaming and self-realization - an interview with dream expert Beverly D'urso (Psychology Today)

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​Stumped for ideas? Lucid dreaming lets you work while you sleep (The Guardian)

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Want to control your dreams? Here's how you can (Adelaide University)

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Development of a reliable lucid dream induction technique - successfully funded (Experiment)

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Are you floating? (Verge Campus)

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Hit the snooze for lucid dreams? (Psychology Today)

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So can zapping the brain really induce lucid dreams? (Dream Studies)

Lucid Dreaming
Dreams

Sleeping Environment and Posture

 

Sleep on your front if you want racy dreams: From heartburn to your risk of dementia, odd effects of how you sleep (Daily Mail)

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Could body posture during sleep affect how your brain clears waste? (ScienceDaily)

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Mother's sleeping position and risk of stillbirth (NHS Choices)

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Your bed is dirtier than a chimp's (Smithsonian)

Children's Sleep and Dreams​

 

Research finds naps plus sleep may enhance emotional memory in early childhood (ScienceDaily)

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My son's frequent nightmares are keeping us all from a good night's sleep (Irish Times)

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Out-of-body experiments show kids' budding sense of self (Science News)

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Quality of children's sleep may affect eating habits and weight (ScienceDaily)

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Huge increase in Danish children and young people on sleep medication (Copenhagen Post)

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Short sleep, snoring may affect infants' learning skills: University of Alberta study (Edmonton Journal)

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Dream Recall

 

To sleep, perchance to forget (ScienceDaily)

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​Why does the brain remember dreams? (ScienceDaily)

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Why dreams are so difficult to remember: Precisecommunication discovered across brain areas during sleep (Science Daily)

 

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Naps can make our brains remember things that never happened (LiveScience)

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Sleep and Diet

 

These foods can literally give you nightmares (The Daily Meal)

 

Sleeping for longer leads to a healthier diet (ScienceDaily)

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How much coffee do I need to stay awake? There's a way to find out, but it's complicated (Elite Daily)

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Insomnia

Insomnia and Sleep Disorders

 

Can’t Sleep? Here’s the First Thing You Should Try (Psychology Today)

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Going to bed at this time is the key to looking attractive  (Her)

 

Both men and women sleep better in gender equal societies (Quartz)

 

Do you have social jet lag? The sleep condition affecting a third of Australians (Marie Claire)

 

Tired while driving? New research says car vibrations could be to blame (Sleepopolis)

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Do religious people really sleep better? (Psychology Today)

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Depressed? Can't sleep? Chinese and British researchers find links in the brain (South China Morning Post)

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My insomnia nightmare (the Times)

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Can ASMR be used to treat anxiety and insomnia? (Slate)

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Why we struggle to get good night's sleep as we get older (ScienceDaily)

 

Better sleep, less fear (ScienceDaily)

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How to get to sleep: things to do before bed (Express)

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Repetitive thoughts on rude behaviour at work result in insomnia (Sleep Review)

 

Let it go: Mental breaks after work improve sleep (ScienceDaily)

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How floatation therapy helped me deal with stress (Metro)

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Interrupted sleep may be precursor to Parkinson's disease (Copenhagen Post)

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​People who sleep less than 8 hours a night more likely to suffer from depression, anxiety (ScienceDaily)

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How dental care could help sleep apnea (Local Memphis)

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One bad night's sleep may increase levels of Alzheimer's protein (NewScientist)

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7 ways to improve your sleep (The Guardian)

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​Compared to other primates, humans get little sleep (ScienceNewsforStudents)

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Feel groggy after eight hours shut eye? People who sleep on their backs are likely to wake feeling rested, expert claims (DailyMail)

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Stubborn genes: New research looks at how our bodies respond (or don't) to night shift work (Stat News)

 

Can a full moon really affect your sleep? (BBC)

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Why do some sleep-deprived people experience worse cognitive functioning than others? (ScienceDaily)

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Yes, you can catch up on your sleep! (HowStuffWorks)

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'Only use your bed for sex and sleep' and other tips for dealing with chronic insomnia (the Guardian)

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Why eight hours of sleep isn't enough, according to a leading sleep scientist (Quartz)

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A bad night's sleep linked to suicidal thoughts the following day in people with depression  (PsyPost)

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Women need more sleep than men because of their complex brains, research suggests (The Independent)

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Dream Recall
Children
Sleep and Diet
Sleep environment

Neuroscience

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Is quantum physics behind your brain's ability to think? (New Scientist)

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Slow, steady waves keep brain humming (ScienceDaily)

 

You are hallucinating right now to make sense of the world (New Scientist)

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The scientific reason you can't read while you dream (Inverse)

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Cueing newly learned information in sleep improved memory, and here's how (ScienceDaily)

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Creative people have better connected brains (Neuroscience News)

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Aha! What happens in your brain when you have a lightbulb moment (New Scientist)

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Scientists show human consciousness could be a side effect of 'entropy' (Science Alert)

 

Induction of self awareness in dreams through frontal low current stimulation of gamma activity (Nature)

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A boy is missing the vision bit of his brain but can still see (New Scientist)

 

New function of the hippocampus revealed (Technology Networks)

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The strange case of the phantom Pokemon (BBC)

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TV-binging rats show symptoms of ADHD (Brainfacts)

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Darting eyes in REM sleep are seeing objects in your dreams (New Scientist)

Technology

 

Start-up aims to give you control of your dreams (The Irish Times)

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Trilobites: In virtual reality, how much body do you need? (Independent Recorder)

 

Watch a computer learn to play 'Doom' inside a dream (Vice)

 

​​How close are we to video-recording our dreams? (CNN)

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I can control a computer with my mind from inside a dream (New Scientist)

 

Should robots comfort the dying? (Quartz)

 

A deep dream virtual reality platform for studying altered perceptual phenomenology (Nature)

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Are we living in a computer simulation? Nick Bostrom interview (Youtube)

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University of Alberta study finds electrical stimulation may boost memory during sleep (Edmonton Sun)

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​​Breaking news: Outrospectre VR system simulates an out of body experience (YouTube)

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Confront death with this out-of-body VR experience (PC&Tech Authority)

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New research explores benefits of Buddhist practice in virtual reality (Lions Roar)

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So can zapping the brain really induce lucid dreams? (Dream Studies)

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When it comes to VR, Cliff Bleszinski is chasing his (lucid) dreams

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Kurzweil claims that the singularity will happen by 2045 (Futurism)

Neuroscience
Technology
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