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Martin Dresler @dresler.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Why do we forget our dreams? Dreams are the kind of experiences that in principle should stick well in memory: emotional and often bizarre. If we would encounter typical dream content during wakefulness, we would likely never forget it. Yet, we forget most dreams soon after awakening. (1/3)

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Giulio Bernardi @giuliobernardi.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

New paper from our group: using simultaneous EEG-fMRI, we investigated the neural mechanisms underlying individual NREM sleep slow waves. Our findings suggest that slow waves are not a homogeneous phenomenon and may reflect distinct physiological processes. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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Thalamic involvement defines distinct slow-wave subtypes in NREM sleep - Communications Biology

Using simultaneous EEG-fMRI, we identify two types of NREM slow waves with distinct thalamic profiles. Large, synchronized waves involve early thalamic activation and arousal markers, whereas smaller ...

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SPACE Lab @spacelabimt.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

🧠💤 New paper out in @plosbiology.org! Together with Adriana Michalak (@dr-adri.bsky.social), Davide Marzoli, Francesco Pietrogiacomi et al., we show that dreaming, especially immersive dreaming, plays a key role in how deep sleep feels. 🔗 doi.org/10.1371/jour... @erc.europa.eu #ERC-StG #sleep

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SPACE Lab @spacelabimt.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

New review from the Lab: Bontempi et al., "The Effects of RBD Medications on Dream Content: A Critical Review of Evidence" 💊 "Available evidence offers only limited support for clonazepam, melatonin, and pramipexole in reducing disturbing dream content" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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The Effects of RBD Medications on Dream Content: A Critical Review of Evidence

REM sleep behavior disorder, often an early marker of α-synucleinopathies, is characterized by the loss of REM-related muscle atonia and the occurrenc…

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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Sleep deprivation exhibits age-dependent effect on infra-slow global brain activity www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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SPACE Lab @spacelabimt.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

🧠 The official website of the Neuroscience of Dreaming Summer School (4–8 May 2026, IMT School, Lucca, Italy) is now live: nodsummerschool.imtlucca.it 👉 Check out the confirmed speakers + our program overview. Detailed schedule and registration coming soon!

Neuroscience of Dreaming - Summer School
May 4-8, 2026 @ IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy

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SPACE Lab @spacelabimt.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

🚨 New preprint 🚨 "Immersive NREM dreaming preserves subjective sleep depth against declining sleep pressure." We analyzed 1,024 awakenings collected across 196 nights with high-density EEG (256 ch.) to explore the relationship between dreaming and subjective sleep depth. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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Immersive NREM dreaming preserves subjective sleep depth against declining sleep pressure

Perceived sleep depth is a key determinant of subjective sleep quality, traditionally thought to reflect unconsciousness and reduced cortical activation. Here, we combined high-density EEG with a seri...

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Valentina Elce @valentinaelce.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

🔔New preprint out! We reviewed how RBD medications affect dream content. Take home message: the need for standardization and methodological rigor in future studies. “The effects of RBD Medications on Dream Content: A Critical Review of Evidence” is now available here: doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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Thomas Andrillon @thomasandrillon.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

💤🧠🧪 New article! 🧪🧠💤 After years of effort led by @qualiastructure.bsky.social (Nao Tsuchiya and William Wong), Jenny Windt, Katja Valli, Valdas Noreika and @rherzoga.bsky.social, the Dream database is now published in @natcomms.nature.com **A dream EEG and mentation database** rdcu.be/eAwni

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https://www.anayael.com/

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SPACE Lab @spacelabimt.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Save the date!! 🗓️ The 2nd edition of the Summer School on the Neuroscience of Dreaming 💤 will take place 4–8 May 2026 in Lucca, Italy, at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca. 📍 The official website will be released soon: stay tuned for updates!

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SPACE Lab @spacelabimt.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

📢 Applications are now open for the IMT Honors Program at IMT School: a funded academic opportunity for outstanding students enrolled in the first year of a Master’s degree or the penultimate year of a single-cycle program, in Italy or abroad. Deadline: July 3, 2025. www.imtlucca.it/en/education...

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Honors Program

Do you want to go beyond the standard university experience and unlock your full potential? The Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca is opening up applications for the Honors Program, a course designed for tal...

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Giulio Bernardi @giuliobernardi.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

📄 New preprint! 🎊 Elce et al., "The semantics of dreams": www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... We show that dream content is shaped by both wakefulness experiences and stable individual psychological/cognitive traits. 🌕

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The semantics of dreams

Dreams are universal yet deeply personal experiences. While memory and personal concerns influence dream content, the impact of other individual, generalizable traits remains poorly understood. To add...

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Giulio Bernardi @giuliobernardi.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

📢 The PhD call for "Mind, Brain, and Human Thought" (track: "Experimental Psychology and Psychophysiology") at the IMT School, Lucca is now open! Join us in the Sleep, Plasticity, and Conscious Experience (SPACE) Lab to explore the science of sleep and dreaming. 🧠💤 Apply here 👉 mbht.imtlucca.it

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MBHT@IMT School

PhD Program in Mind, Brain, and Human Thought (MBHT)

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