𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲... 🌳 💤 The final article of our Research Topic ''𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱'', was published today! Targeted dream incubation (TDI) may extend beyond sleep onset, influencing dream experiences in REM sleep. www.frontiersin.org/journals/sle...

Frontiers | Targeted dream incubation at sleep onset can influence later dream content in REM sleep: a pilot study

Targeted dream incubation (TDI) is a highly effective method for eliciting hypnagogic dreams related to specific topics through the presentation of verbal pr...

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💤 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁 💤 Join our @esrs-ecn.bsky.social webinar led and moderated by @laura-sofia-s.bsky.social 🗓️ 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: 14/04/2026 | 16:00-17:00 CEST 🔗 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: ow.ly/FkG050YwMh5 #sleep #sleepresearch #wearables #SleepTechnology #ESRS

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Beyond the Sleep Lab: Wearables, the Present and the Future of Sleep Research. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the w...

Wearable devices and consumer sleep technologies are increasingly used to monitor sleep in everyday settings. These tools provide new opportunities to study sleep outside the laboratory and to collect...

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Early Career Network@esrs-ecn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🔬💤 Beyond the Sleep Lab: Wearables, the Present and the Future of Sleep Research Join the ESRS Early Career Network for an engaging webinar TOMORROW! 👉 Register now and be part of the discussion! esrs.eu/e-sleep/webi... #SleepResearch #Wearables #DigitalHealth #EarlyCareerResearchers #ESRS

So proud and happy to see our work go live ✨ #equality #diversity #inclusion in #sleepresearch

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (EDIC) of the ESRS@esrs-edic.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📣 Sleep Europe 2026 EDI resources are live! The ESRS Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee has published: Code of Conduct for ESRS Events and Recommendations for Symposium Proponents Both available now on our EDIC page 👇 esrs.eu/committee/eq... #SleepEurope2026 #ESRS #EDI

New article with @oudietted.bsky.social and the @dreamteamicm.bsky.social Dream-like mental states can occur during wakefulness Published now in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports... Congrats to Nicolas Decat!

Perceived #sleep depth is generally thought to reflect reduced brain activity. @giuliobernardi.bsky.social &co show this relationship weakens during #dreaming, suggesting that dreaming helps sustain the subjective experience of deep sleep @spacelabimt.bsky.social @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4v8OxkH

🧠💤 New paper out in @plosbiology.org! Together with Adriana Michalak (@dr-adri.bsky.social), Davide Marzoli, Francesco Pietrogiacomi et al., we show that dreaming, especially immersive dreaming, plays a key role in how deep sleep feels. 🔗 doi.org/10.1371/jour... @erc.europa.eu #ERC-StG #sleep

Fantastic article from our director highlighting how sleep advice often ignores sleep privilege and how the pressure to optimise every night is backfiring. @alice-gregory.bsky.social @jakketamminen.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

From trackers to gummies and CCTV, society has been gripped by sleep hysteria | Alice Gregory

We’re obsessing about sleep like never before. But much of the messaging is exaggerated, distorted and unhelpful, asks Royal Holloway Sleep Laboratory co-director Alice Gregory

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💤𝗛𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀💤 Our findings indicate that 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗵 is not solely determined by reduced brain activity. 𝗜𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 appear to maintain the 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽 as 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 naturally declines across the night. dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Immersive NREM2 dreaming preserves subjective sleep depth against declining sleep pressure

Perceived sleep depth is generally thought to reflect reduced brain activity. This study shows that this relationship weakens during dreaming, suggesting that dreaming helps sustain the subjective exp...

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Exciting news! The ESRS EDI Committee is launching an EDIC Book Club. First book in our reading list: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men ISBN: 9781419735219 12 Feb, 4:00 PM CET (Zoom) Join our LinkedIn group for updates: www.linkedin.com/groups/16194... @esrs.bsky.social

⏰ Only a few days left to take part in our survey ⏰ 🗓️ Survey closes 22/11 ⏱️ Takes only 10–15 minutes 💬 Your input genuinely matters. 🔗 Link to survey: lnkd.in/dYh8bkwX

All the models are back online, and the full paper should be out soon too 😃 huggingface.co/collections/... #sleeppees #dream

Lorenzo Bertolini@lorenzoscottb.bsky.social · last yr.

Introducing PreDA (prefix-based dream annotation), a set of generative LLMs tuned to annotate dream reports for 6 Hall & Van De Castle features! The paper will be presented at LOD 25 conference later this year as a long contribution. Models available here huggingface.co/jrc-ai #sleeppeeps #dream

🌙 Early-career sleep researchers & clinicians: Share your challenges attending Sleep Europe conferences! 💤 Quick survey by ESRS ECN & EDIC to improve accessibility & networking opportunities. ⏱️ A few minutes 📅 Deadline: Nov 22 🔗 warwick.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

🆕 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀: A comprehensive analysis examining the phenomenological boundaries between #OutOfBodyExperience and #LucidDreams has been published in our research topic "𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱". 🧠 #ConsciousnessResearch www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

Frontiers | Distinguishing out-of-body experiences from lucid dreaming: a phenomenological analysis

Despite extensive discussions, a consensus is lacking on whether out-of-body experiences (OBEs) and lucid dreams (LDs) should be considered as distinct categ...

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💤 𝗛𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 💤 🧠 Our findings indicate that 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗵 is not solely determined by reduced brain activity. 𝗜𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 appear to maintain the 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽 as 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 naturally declines across the night.

SPACE Lab@spacelabimt.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 New preprint 🚨 "Immersive NREM dreaming preserves subjective sleep depth against declining sleep pressure." We analyzed 1,024 awakenings collected across 196 nights with high-density EEG (256 ch.) to explore the relationship between dreaming and subjective sleep depth. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Save the date!! 🗓️ The 2nd edition of the Summer School on the Neuroscience of Dreaming 💤 will take place 4–8 May 2026 in Lucca, Italy, at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca. 📍 The official website will be released soon: stay tuned for updates!

🧠🧪 New paper in #NCONSC 🧠🧪 What if people who seem unconscious (e.g., Disorders of Consciousness, DoC) could still dream or experience mind wandering? We explore this possibility in a new review: academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... With Jasmine Walter and Jennifer Windt! #consciousness #dreaming

Do individuals with disorders of consciousness dream and mind wander? Implications for improving diagnosis and understanding patient wellbeing

Abstract. Fluctuations in the presence, experiential quality and contents of consciousness occur naturally during sleep and wakefulness and are core featur

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Check out our Research Topic: 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽, where we cover topics from computational linguistics to lesion neuroscience and experiential phenomenology 🧠 💤 🤖 www.frontiersin.org/research-top... #dreamresearch #sleep #AI

Frontiers | Understanding conscious experiences during sleep

Emerging research suggests that elements of awareness persist throughout various sleep stages, challenging conventional notions of unconsciousness during sle...

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Take part in our @esrs-ecn.bsky.social & @esrs-edic.bsky.social survey to break down barriers in #sleepscience 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 (𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽) 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 🪑 💤 🪑

Early Career Network@esrs-ecn.bsky.social · last yr.

𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗦𝗥𝗦 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀: 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 As an EC, have you ever missed out on a conference because of costs, visa issues, or caregiving responsibilities? 🧵 Take part in our survey & share your experiences warwick.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... ⏱️ 10-15 min

Our lab is starting a new study on dreaming 🚨GREAT NEWS!🚨: YOU may be eligible to participate! If interested, follow this link to a screening survey: furman.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #SleepPeeps #psychscisky #cogsci 🧠🟦

Second publication from our Research Topic "𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱" is out! 💤 🤖 💤

Lorenzo Bertolini@lorenzoscottb.bsky.social · last yr.

👋 #sleeppeeps In this new work, we show how multiple LLMs appear to easily process #dreams, and reflect previously observed differences in reports (e.g., male-female, blind-sighted). We also argue for caution linking dreams and bizarreness when using #LLMs www.frontiersin.org/journals/sle...

First publication from our Research Topic "𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱" is out! 💤 🧠 💤 www.frontiersin.org/journals/sle...

Frontiers | Exploring the biological function of dreaming: lessons learned from recruitment challenges in a pilot study with PCA stroke patients

BackgroundThis methodological report draws conclusions about a study that aimed to investigate the biological function of dreams. The main hypothesis in the ...

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Just out: our EDIC Vice‑Chair @dr-adri.bsky.social chats with Dr Claudia Barth and Dr Laura Stankeviciute on why sleep and biological sex matter in Alzheimer’s risk. 👉 esrs.eu/news/sleep-s...

Biological Sex Differences in the Context of Alzheimer's Disease: There's No Time to Sleep on It – the EDIC Take | ESRS

In this Sleep Science Friday interview,  Dr. Adriana Michalak speaks with Dr. Claudia Barth and Dr. Laura Stankeviciute to explore two often underestimated

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Introducing PreDA (prefix-based dream annotation), a set of generative LLMs tuned to annotate dream reports for 6 Hall & Van De Castle features! The paper will be presented at LOD 25 conference later this year as a long contribution. Models available here huggingface.co/jrc-ai #sleeppeeps #dream

Big news on #InternationalWomensDay! 🎉 The ESRS Gender Equality Forum is now the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee (EDIC), expanding our mission to promote inclusivity across the field of sleep research while keeping gender equality at the forefront. 🌟 Learn more about our mission!

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The ESRS Forum for Women in Sleep Research was founded by Irene Tobler, Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen, and Myriam Kerkhofs, initially as a discussion group dedicated

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A stronger Europe champions equality. Today, we unveiled a roadmap to continue advancing women's rights across the EU. Building on our progress, we’ll keep working to empower every woman and girl to reach their full potential, free from violence and discrimination ↓

Is there anything better than staying cozy in PJ? Yes, doing it for an important cause! Today, I’m joining @esrs.bsky.social #SleepAwarnessEurope2025 Pyjama Day initiative to promote the importance of healthy sleeping habits and their impact on overall health and well-being. 💤 👕 💤 #PJDay25ESRS

🌙 Join #PJDay25ESRS & Support Better Sleep! 💤 Sleep is essential, yet millions in Europe struggle with poor sleep. Tomorrow, March 7th, wear your PJs to work, school, or meetings to promote #sleephealth! 👕 Better sleep = better health! #SleepAwarenessEurope25 #BetterSleepBetterFutures

🚨 New Paper Alert! 🚨 Excited to share our latest review on Sleep Neuroimaging, now published! Huge thanks to my amazing co-authors for this collaboration - I learned so much along the way! #sleeppeeps @dondersinst.bsky.social @dresler.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/jsr....

<em>Journal of Sleep Research</em> | ESRS Journal | Wiley Online Library

Sleep research has evolved considerably since the first sleep electroencephalography recordings in the 1930s and the discovery of well-distinguishable sleep stages in the 1950s. While electrophysiolo...

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✨We are excited to announce our new 2024-2026 theme: "Sleep in the Age of Technology" 🎉This year, we will launch several captivating activities related to our theme, so stay tuned for webinars, interviews, and more. Read more about our theme here: esrs.eu/news/sleep-s... #SleepScience #Tech 😴

Early Career Network Committee 2024-2026: Sleep in the Age of Technology | ESRS

We, the members of the Early Career Network (ECN), are excited to present our 2024-2026 theme, 'Sleep in the Age of Technology'. Our goal is to explore how

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