A body of experimental research has aimed to investigate processes underlying dream
formation by examining the effects of a range of pre-sleep stimuli and events on subsequent …

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 …

Evolutionary theories suggest that dreams function as a world simulator of events that
maximizes our ability to surmount social and threat-related challenges critical to survivorship …

While there is evidence of continuity between waking life and dream content, findings with
regard to personality are questionable due to methodological issues. In addition, previous …

Dreaming is a fundamental but not fully understood part of human experience that can shed
light on our thought patterns. Traditional dream analysis practices, while popular and aided …

There are many theories of the function of dreams, such as memory consolidation, emotion
processing, threat simulation and social simulation. In general, such theories hold that the …

Social interactions play an important role in dreams and, thus, the question arises whether
the characteristics of the dream social network based on co-occurrence of persons within …

How and why does the increasing number of religiously unaffiliated and nonbelieving
individuals look for beliefs, meaning, and identities outside religious frameworks? Why are …

How can we account for humans' ubiquitous and exceptional propensity to believe in gods?
Many in the cognitive sciences of religion posit that there is dedicated machinery or a suite …

Background Dreams can be affected by recent life events and long-term life experiences.
Previous evidence has shown that childhood adverse experiences are associated with …