A brief project update: I have been thinking about the mysterious hyperassociativity (HA) for a while. HA features in a handful of papers about cognition during REM sleep/dreaming (although we know those things are somewhat independent!), although I haven’t found a definition of it. In my 2017 paper (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00159/full) I presented a few possibilities, including … More Hyperassociativity
I delivered my first TEDx presentation at the end of June! It was a strange experience, largely positive, but admittedly not entirely. As per my previous post re: enjoying presenting, I thoroughly enjoy communicating with people via presentations, as well as the discussions that typically follow. The presentation format for the TEDx event was unusual, … More TEDx: Sleep well, dream well, be fearless (almost)
Recent days have been spent engaging with PowerPoint. The good news (I think) is that I have finally found a way to use it: minimally. I’ve always enjoyed presenting, by talking to people at least, and early attempts at this (in hindsight) overly relied on PowerPoint. I’ve never been great at preparing at length in … More Presenting, presenting, presenting
Once again, the absence of recent website updates indicates frenzied activity elsewhere. Since my last post I have been promoted to Reader in Psychology: Cognition and Consciousness, which is a title I am rather pleased with! With that slight change of role also comes a slight shift in work-focus, with less input to the undergraduate … More Dream work update
Last Thursday (6th July) I travelled to London, Mayfair no less, to take part in the Royal Institution’s Midsummer Night of Science event. It was a delight. I delivered a presentation exploring Sleep, Dreams and Memory (a general overview of our work in DrEAMSLab as well as my theories about how dreaming reflects memory consolidation … More Midsummer night of science
Last night (June 22nd) Vy Nastajus, PhD student, and I showcased some of the tools of the lab at an excellent Dreams event in Bradford. With thanks to the visitors who tried out navigating virtual realities and who showed an interest in our experiments. We had some great discussions. Sincere thanks also to those who … More Dreams exhibition: National Science and Media Museum
If you wish to contact DrEAMSLab with a general enquiry and/or to register interest with our current projects, you can do so by emailing: dreamslabresearch@gmail.com. We are always recruiting participants to take part in our current experiments. You can usually have a nap along the way!
Recently DrEAMSLab has hosted a number of guests, including artist Derya Erdem (Feb 2017), Prof. Sue Llewellyn, University of Manchester (April 2017), Scott Dalton of BBC Radio Lincs (as per the image below) and Zoe Myall of Lincolnshire Free Press, who provided this coverage in the Spalding Guardian of her experiences piloting two of our … More More media coverage
As we are involved in an increasing number of outreach and public engagement events, we thought it might be helpful to list some of our upcoming activities (as of June 2017). June 22nd 2017 Lates: Dreams event at Bradford’s National Science and Media Museum featuring a range of interactive exhibitions and presentations: https://www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/whats-on/lates Vy Nastajus … More Events
Much has happened since the last update. I now realize that there exists a trade-off between lab activity and number of website updates. So rest assured that this quietness reflects much business in DrEAMSLab! I’ll try to summarise some of the recent activity below. Please also explore the updated projects and lab members sections. Four … More June 2017 update
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