In general, dreams are a novel but realistic simulation of waking social life, with a mixture of
characters, motivations, scenarios, and positive and negative emotions. We propose that the …

This study replicated and extended a previous finding that the discussion of dreams
increases the level of empathy toward the dreamer from those with whom the dream is …

Despite their private nature, dreams are often shared with spouses, family, friends, and
colleagues. Whereas different aspects of dream sharing like its associated motivations have …

Current life emotional experiences have been demonstrated to elicit a process called social
sharing of emotion, consisting of repetitive talking about these experiences in conversations …

Although dreaming is a private experience, dream sharing is a common experience for most
people. Dreams are disclosed to romantic partners, friends, and relatives, and the sharing is …

This study examined the extent to which dreams of close others would predict subsequent
waking experiences with those partners, suggesting a process for the effects of dreams …

Social relationships and interactions contribute to daily emotional well-being. The emotional
benefits that come from engaging with others are known to arise from real events, but do …

Continuity between waking life and dreaming has typically been studied via the quantitative
analysis of dream reports, which has illustrated that dreaming reflects waking-life …

Two exploratory online experiments were carried out to investigate the interaction between
dream characters and the dream ego in lucid dreams. Lucid dreamers were recruited via an …

Correlations between memories and dreaming has typically been studied by linking
conscious experiences and dream reports, which has illustrated that dreaming reflects …