The hypothesis that rapid eye movement (REM) sleep disturbances are the hallmark of
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), proposed by Ross and colleagues in 1989, has …

Nightmares are common, occurring weekly in 4%-10% of the population, and are associated
with female gender, younger age, increased stress, psychopathology, and dispositional …

We used crowdsourcing (CS) to examine how COVID-19 lockdown affects the content of
dreams and nightmares. The CS took place on the sixth week of the lockdown. Over the …

This systematic review examines the effect of diverse psychosocial stressors on
polysomnographic measures of sleep. Sixty-three articles were located and categorized in …

Epidemiological studies have shown that playing a computer game at night delays bedtime
and shortens sleeping hours, but the effects on sleep architecture and quality have …

The public opinion is ever more interested and worried about possible effects of exposure to
VGs (video games) on human life and well-being. Scientific literature shows several …

The continuity hypothesis of dreaming states that waking life is continuous with dreams, but
many of the factors that have been postulated to influence wake–dream continuity have …

Cognitive hyperarousal, resulting in enhanced cognitive activation, has been cited as an
important contributor to the development and preservation of insomnia. To further …

Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and dreaming may be implicated in cross‐night
adaptation to emotionally negative events. To evaluate the impact of REM sleep deprivation …

Recent findings suggest that sleep might serve a role in emotional coping. However, most
findings are based on subjective reports of sleep quality, while the relation with underlying …