Why do we forget our dreams? Dreams are the kind of experiences that in principle should stick well in memory: emotional and often bizarre. If we would encounter typical dream content during wakefulness, we would likely never forget it. Yet, we forget most dreams soon after awakening. (1/3)

New paper from our group: using simultaneous EEG-fMRI, we investigated the neural mechanisms underlying individual NREM sleep slow waves. Our findings suggest that slow waves are not a homogeneous phenomenon and may reflect distinct physiological processes. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Thalamic involvement defines distinct slow-wave subtypes in NREM sleep - Communications Biology

Using simultaneous EEG-fMRI, we identify two types of NREM slow waves with distinct thalamic profiles. Large, synchronized waves involve early thalamic activation and arousal markers, whereas smaller ...

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New study in Communications Psychology: large-scale NLP analysis of dream reports reveals the structure, content, and determinants of dreaming. 💤💭 www.nature.com/articles/s44... #sleepscience #sleepresearch #dreamscience #dreamresearch

Individual traits and experiences predict the content of dreams - Communications Psychology

Individual traits and experiences jointly shape dream content. By analyzing the semantic structure of thousands of reports, we reveal systematic patterns showing how dreams reflect personality, sleep ...

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🧠💤 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

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Neuroscience of Dreaming

Although dreams have fascinated humankind since the earliest ages, their rigorous, scientific study is a rather new development, and has taken on considerable momentum in recent years. Far from being ...

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New review from the Lab: Bontempi et al., "The Effects of RBD Medications on Dream Content: A Critical Review of Evidence" 💊 "Available evidence offers only limited support for clonazepam, melatonin, and pramipexole in reducing disturbing dream content" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The Effects of RBD Medications on Dream Content: A Critical Review of Evidence

REM sleep behavior disorder, often an early marker of α-synucleinopathies, is characterized by the loss of REM-related muscle atonia and the occurrenc…

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Sleep deprivation exhibits age-dependent effect on infra-slow global brain activity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.12.675828v1

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Bidirectional modulation of sleep and wakefulness via prefrontal cortical chemogenetics

The drive to sleep is inescapable but its biological substrate remains largely elusive. Until recently, the search for sleep centres in the mammalian brain focussed on subcortical neurons that promote...

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🧠 The official website of the Neuroscience of Dreaming Summer School (4–8 May 2026, IMT School, Lucca, Italy) is now live: nodsummerschool.imtlucca.it 👉 Check out the confirmed speakers + our program overview. Detailed schedule and registration coming soon!

🚨 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...

Immersive NREM dreaming preserves subjective sleep depth against declining sleep pressure

Perceived sleep depth is a key determinant of subjective sleep quality, traditionally thought to reflect unconsciousness and reduced cortical activation. Here, we combined high-density EEG with a seri...

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🔔New preprint out! We reviewed how RBD medications affect dream content. Take home message: the need for standardization and methodological rigor in future studies. “The effects of RBD Medications on Dream Content: A Critical Review of Evidence” is now available here: doi.org/10.31234/osf...

💤🧠🧪 New article! 🧪🧠💤 After years of effort led by @qualiastructure.bsky.social (Nao Tsuchiya and William Wong), Jenny Windt, Katja Valli, Valdas Noreika and @rherzoga.bsky.social, the Dream database is now published in @natcomms.nature.com **A dream EEG and mentation database** rdcu.be/eAwni

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 from our lab in Communications Biology! Grollero et al. "Affective information modulates slow-wave- and arousal-like responses during NREM sleep" www.nature.com/articles/s42... #sleep #sleepresearch

Affective information modulates slow-wave- and arousal-like responses during NREM sleep - Communications Biology

This study shows that emotionally charged sounds modulate the occurrence, shape, and downstream impact of K-complexes, revealing a flexible, multi-phase brain response during NREM sleep that may suppo...

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📄 New preprint! 🎊 Elce et al., "The semantics of dreams": www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... We show that dream content is shaped by both wakefulness experiences and stable individual psychological/cognitive traits. 🌕

The semantics of dreams

Dreams are universal yet deeply personal experiences. While memory and personal concerns influence dream content, the impact of other individual, generalizable traits remains poorly understood. To add...

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