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Sweet dreams are made of this: why dream analysis is flourishing
More REM sleeping hours and fewer alarm clocks during a COVID-19-induced spike in the number of people working from home has contributed to a raft of dream interpreters and online communities dedicated to the same....
Continue ReadingA passage way is opening into the world of dreams
Researchers have long pondered the liminal space between wakefulness and dreaming. A new study out of Northwestern University about lucid dreaming has captured the attention of The Boston Globe. Lucid dreaming is a phenomenon in...
Continue ReadingStudy finds novel evidence that dreams reflect multiple memories, anticipate future events
New research led by Furman University cognitive neuroscience professor Erin Wamsley has received play in numerous media outlets, including Medical Xpress. Her research, which was published in the journal Sleep, shows that dreams draw from...
Continue ReadingWhy are dreams so weird?
[caption id="attachment_50851" align="alignright" width="350"] Erin Wamsley in Furman Sleep Lab, Department of Psychology.[/caption] In an article appearing in The Boston Globe about why dreams are often wacky, journalist Veronique Greenwood turned to Erin Wamsley for...
Continue ReadingDream and learn
Can dreaming about a task help you do that task better when you're awake? Erin Wamsley, an associate professor of psychology and neuroscience at Furman University, tests that hypothesis when 40 volunteers played a maze...
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