Whether we are awake or asleep is believed to mark a sharp divide between the types of
conscious states we undergo in either behavioural state. Consciousness in sleep is often …

Research on nightmares has largely focused on the nightmare itself and its associated
negative consequences, framing nightmare sufferers as victims of a diathesis-stress induced …

Background: Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD) characterizes individuals who engage in vivid,
fanciful daydreaming for hours on end, neglecting real-life relationships and responsibilities …

Adverse childhood experiences can deleteriously affect future physical and mental health,
increasing risk for many illnesses, including psychiatric problems, sleep disorders, and …

Lucid dreaming is a unique phenomenon with potential applications for therapeutic
interventions. Few studies have investigated the effects of lucidity on an individual's waking …

Affective scientists traditionally have focused on periods of active wakefulness when people
are responding to external stimuli or engaging in specific tasks. However, we live much of …

Previous research has shown that Big Five personality factors such as Neuroticism and
Openness to Experience are related to both the frequency and severity of nightmares …

Affective experiences occur across the wake-sleep cycle—from active wakefulness to resting
wakefulness (ie, mind-wandering) to sleep (ie, dreaming). Yet, we know little about the …

The dynamic framework of mind wandering (Christoff, Irving, Fox, Spreng, & Andrews-
Hanna, 2016) is reviewed and modified through integrating the construct of mindful meta …

In this chapter, we focus on the problem of dream reports at the intersection of dream
research, the philosophy of dreaming, and first-person methods in consciousness science …