ReviewBrain sciences2021
Investigation on Neurobiological Mechanisms of Dreaming in the New Decade.
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- Associations Between Both Adaptive and Maladaptive Personality Constructs and Emotional Load and Content of Adult Dreams.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2025Article
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- The impact of the end of COVID confinement on pandemic dreams, as assessed by a weekly sleep diary: a longitudinal investigation in Italy.Journal of sleep research · 2022Article
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- Dreams and Nightmares during the First and Second Wave of the COVID-19 Infection: A Longitudinal Study.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Neural Circuits, Microtubule Processing, Brain's Electromagnetic Field-Components of Self-Awareness.Brain sciences · 2021Review
- Dream Activity in Narcoleptic Patients During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Charles Dickens' Hypnagogia, Dreams, and Creativity.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Bridging neural circuits and clinical outcomes: a novel framework for perioperative disturbances of consciousness and cognition.Frontiers in neurologyReview
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Abstract
Dream research has advanced significantly over the last twenty years, thanks to the new applications of neuroimaging and electrophysiological techniques. Many findings pointed out that mental activity during sleep and wakefulness shared similar neural bases. On the other side, recent studies have highlighted that dream experience is promoted by significant brain activation, characterized by reduced low frequencies and increased rapid frequencies. Additionally, several studies confirmed that the posterior parietal area and prefrontal cortex are responsible for dream experience. Further, early results revealed that dreaming might be manipulated by sensory stimulations that would provoke the incorporation of specific cues into the dream scenario. Recently, transcranial stimulation techniques have been applied to modulate the level of consciousness during sleep, supporting previous findings and adding new information about neural correlates of dream recall. Overall, although multiple studies suggest that both the continuity and activation hypotheses provide a growing understanding of neural processes underlying dreaming, several issues are still unsolved. The impact of state-/trait-like variables, the influence of circadian and homeostatic factors, and the examination of parasomnia-like events to access dream contents are all opened issues deserving further deepening in future research.
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