Dreaming

Dreaming

Pereira M, Galdi P, Mei T, Rutiku R, Mikkelsen IK, Llera A, Scheeringa R, Beckmann C, Krause F, Dresler M, Sandberg K. The neural architecture of dream recall frequency: insights from interindividual variations in brain structure and function. bioRxiv [preprint]

Pereira M, Terpstra N, Rutiku R, Sandberg K, Dresler M, Krause F. Neural correlates of nightmares revisited: findings from large-scale fMRI cohorts. bioRxiv [preprint]

Ataei A, Zhao J, Esfahani MJ, Axmacher N, Dresler M, Schoch SF. Trait and state predictors of dream recall. OSF [registration]

Schoch SF, Ataei S, Salvesen L, Schredl M, Windt J, Bernardi G, Rasch B, Axmacher N, Dresler M. The relationship of memory consolidation with task incorporations into dreams – A registered report. OSF [registration]

Salvesen L, Capriglia E, Dresler M, Bernardi G. Influencing dreams through sensory stimulation: a systematic review. Sleep Medicine Reviews 2024, 74: 101908. [pdf]

Picard-Deland C, Bernardi G, Genzel L, Dresler M, Schoch SF. Memory reactivations during sleep: a neural basis of dream experiences? Trends in Cognitive Sciences 2023, 27: 568-582.  [pdf] [preprint]

Konkoly KR, Appel K, Chabani E, Mangiaruga A, Gott J, Mallett R, Caughran B, Witkowski S, Whitmore NW, Mazurek CY, Berent JB, Weber FD, Türker B, Leu-Semenescu S, Maranci JB, Pipa G, Arnulf I, Oudiette D, Dresler M, Paller KA. Real-time dialogue between experimenters and dreamers during REM sleep. Current Biology 2021, 31: 1417-1427. [pdf]

Dresler M, Wehrle R, Spoormaker VI, Holsboer F, Steiger A, Czisch M, Hobson JA. Neural correlates of insight in dreaming and psychosis. Sleep Medicine Reviews 2015, 22: 92-99. [pdf]

Dresler M, Koch S, Wehrle R, Spoormaker VI, Holsboer F, Steiger A, Sämann PG, Obrig H, Czisch M. Dreamed movement elicits activation in the sensorimotor cortex. Current Biology 2011, 21: 1833-1837. [pdf]

Lucid Dreaming

Esfahani MJ, Salvesen LAC, Picard-Deland C, Matzek T, Demsar E, van Buijtene T, Libucha V, Pedreschi B, Bernardi G, Zerr P, Adelhofer N, Schoch SF, Carr M, Dresler M. Highly effective verified lucid dream induction using combined cognitive-sensory training and wearable EEG: a multi-center study. bioRxiv [preprint]

Demirel C, Gott J, Appel K, Lueth K, Fischer C, Raffaelli C, Westner B, Wang X, Zavecz Z, Steiger A, Erlacher D, LaBerge S, Mota-Rolim S, Ribeiro S, Zeising M, Adelhöfer N, Dresler M. Electrophysiological correlates of lucid dreaming: sensor and source level signatures. Journal of Neuroscience 2025, 45: e2237242025. [preprint] [pdf]

Tzioridou S, Campillo-Ferrer T, Cañas-Martín J, Schlüter L, Torres-Platas SG, Gott JA, Soffer-Dudek N, Stumbrys T, Dresler M. The clinical neuroscience of lucid dreaming. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 2025, 169: 106011. [pdf]

Zerr P, Adelhöfer N, Dresler M. The neuroscience of lucid dreaming: past, present, future. Neuron 2024, 112: 1040-1044. [pdf]

Gott J, Bovy L, Peters E, Tzioridou S, Meo S, Demirel C, Jafarzadeh Esfahani M, Reis Oliveira P, Houweling T, Orticoni A, Rademaker A, Booltink D, Varatheeswaran R, van Hooijdonk C, Chaabou M, Mangiaruga A, van den Berge E, Weber FD, Ritter S, Dresler M: Virtual reality training of lucid dreaming. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 2021, 376: 20190697. [pdf]

Baird B, Mota-Rolim SA, Dresler M. The cognitive neuroscience of lucid dreaming. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 2019, 100: 305-323. [pdf]

Filevich E, Dresler M, Brick T, Kühn S. Metacognitive mechanisms underlying lucid dreaming. Journal of Neuroscience 2015, 35: 1082-1088. [pdf]

Dresler M, Wehrle R, Spoormaker VI, Holsboer F, Steiger A, Koch S, Obrig H, Sämann PG, Czisch M. Neural correlates of dream lucidity obtained from contrasting lucid versus non- lucid REM sleep: a combined EEG/fMRI case study. Sleep 2012, 35: 1017-1020.