We are the sensors of consciousness! A review and analysis on how awakenings during sleep influence dream recall DOI Creative Commons
Benjamin Stucky

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Nov. 14, 2024

Abstract Purpose Since the 1930s, researchers have awakened people from different stages of sleep to record what they experienced. While some aspects, including asking whether participants had dreams or thoughts before awakening, largely remain same, others, such as method vary greatly. In addition, it is often assumed that influence participant characteristics, personality traits, motivation, memory, and attention, reduced by collecting experiences immediately after occur, rather than through delayed morning recall. However, extent which these variables dream recall upon awakening has not yet been thoroughly investigated. Materials methods To explore possible contextual individual influences, this review analyzed 69 studies conducted between 2000 2024 utilized DREAM database. Differences were quantified using categories ‘with recall’, ‘without ‘no report’. Results Similar levels null reports found in NREM stage 2 3. Significant factors affecting included (lower with an alarm compared calling participant’s name), number study days (reduced for multiple days) environment (higher at home laboratory), along characteristics beyond age, sex design. Recall rates are particularly sensitive interindividual differences. Conclusion Both procedure amount reported experiences, can impact outcomes, identification neural correlates consciousness. Therefore, greater emphasis needs be placed on how collected openness experience familiarity states Plain Language Summary Have you ever wondered while sleep? We reviewed where woken up share their experiences. They dreaming most time, even deep sleep. You might ask, “Why don’t I remember much then?” Well, maybe forgot your because a lot time passed. These capture right happens, but then, more others. This could focused dreams. How wake also matters. If someone shakes awake, may forget dream, if gently call name, better chance remembering it. fail recognize subtle sense calm. So perhaps unconscious we thought, leaving explored future studies.

Language: Английский

We are the sensors of consciousness! A review and analysis on how awakenings during sleep influence dream recall DOI Creative Commons
Benjamin Stucky

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Nov. 14, 2024

Abstract Purpose Since the 1930s, researchers have awakened people from different stages of sleep to record what they experienced. While some aspects, including asking whether participants had dreams or thoughts before awakening, largely remain same, others, such as method vary greatly. In addition, it is often assumed that influence participant characteristics, personality traits, motivation, memory, and attention, reduced by collecting experiences immediately after occur, rather than through delayed morning recall. However, extent which these variables dream recall upon awakening has not yet been thoroughly investigated. Materials methods To explore possible contextual individual influences, this review analyzed 69 studies conducted between 2000 2024 utilized DREAM database. Differences were quantified using categories ‘with recall’, ‘without ‘no report’. Results Similar levels null reports found in NREM stage 2 3. Significant factors affecting included (lower with an alarm compared calling participant’s name), number study days (reduced for multiple days) environment (higher at home laboratory), along characteristics beyond age, sex design. Recall rates are particularly sensitive interindividual differences. Conclusion Both procedure amount reported experiences, can impact outcomes, identification neural correlates consciousness. Therefore, greater emphasis needs be placed on how collected openness experience familiarity states Plain Language Summary Have you ever wondered while sleep? We reviewed where woken up share their experiences. They dreaming most time, even deep sleep. You might ask, “Why don’t I remember much then?” Well, maybe forgot your because a lot time passed. These capture right happens, but then, more others. This could focused dreams. How wake also matters. If someone shakes awake, may forget dream, if gently call name, better chance remembering it. fail recognize subtle sense calm. So perhaps unconscious we thought, leaving explored future studies.

Language: Английский

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