20 Maresfield Gardens
London NW3
UK
The results from a major Bial Foundation-funded study conducted in the Swansea University Sleep Laboratory across 2015 will be presented by researchers from Swansea University (Professor Mark Blagrove, Elaine van Rijn, Chris Edwards and Dr. Alexander Reid), Lyon Neurosciences Institute (Professor Perrine Ruby), the University of East London (Dr. Josie Malinowski), and in collaboration with Harvard Medical School.
The study tested the hypothesis that higher levels of insight can be obtained from discussing the content of Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep dreams compared to non-REM dreams and waking daydreams. In addition we explored the possibility that levels of insight from dream discussion groups may correlate with sleep electrophysiology (as measured by electroencephalography or EEG). We are interested in how the potential incorporation of recent waking life and concerns into dream content may relate to frontal brain activity while dreaming, as previously presented by us at the 2014 Cognitive Neuroscience Society meeting in Boston. We will explain the rationale and neuroscience behind these research questions.
Following our presentation there will be a buffet and a series of interactive dream group discussions in workshops led by the researchers. With several dream group leaders present we will have 3 workshops, each of up to 15 people. In the time available (90 minutes) each workshop could discuss two dreams from the members of the public who are present. The method used is detailed in our recent publication in the highly prestigious journal Frontiers in Psychology.
http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00831/full
There will be no compulsion or implied compulsion to share or discuss a dream or any waking life relevance of the dream, all discussion will be treated confidentially.
Event capacity is limited to 70, please email [email protected] if you wish to attend or want more details.