Dreaming conundrum

Carlotta Mutti; Francesca Siclari; Ivana Rosenzweig

doi:10.1111/jsr.14338

Dreaming conundrum

J Sleep Res. 2024 Oct 3:e14338. doi: 10.1111/jsr.14338. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Carlotta Mutti^{1

2}, Francesca Siclari^{3

4

5}, Ivana Rosenzweig^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy.
² Mario Giovanni Terzano Interdepartmental Center for Sleep Medicine, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
³ The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Center for Investigation and Research on Sleep, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁵ The Sense Innovation and Research Center, Lausanne and Sion, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁶ Department of Neuroimaging, Sleep and Brain Plasticity Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, London, UK.
⁷ Sleep Disorders Centre, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

PMID: 39360736
DOI: 10.1111/jsr.14338

Abstract

Dreaming, a common yet mysterious cognitive phenomenon, is an involuntary process experienced by individuals during sleep. Although the fascination with dreams dates back to ancient times and gained therapeutic significance through psychoanalysis in the early twentieth century, its scientific investigation only gained momentum with the discovery of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep in the 1950s. This review synthesises current research on the neurobiological and psychological aspects of dreaming, including factors influencing dream recall and content, neurophysiological correlates, and experimental models, and discusses the implications for clinical practice.

Keywords: REM; dreams; oneiric activities; sleep; sleepdream mentation.

Publication types

Review