The DNL is concerned with the scientific study of dreaming and its disorders. The research we conduct has been supported by several different funding agencies at the federal (Canadian) and provincial (Quebec) levels. Here are links to summaries of some of our major studies:

Dreaming:

• The covert REM sleep processes model of dreaming (CIHR, NSERC)
• The memory sources of dreams: training better participants (SSHRC) - recruiting participants!
• The memory sources of dreams: virtual reality immersion as a memory marker (SSHRC)
• The phenomenology of dreaming: logic, bizarreness and emotion (NSERC)
• An emotion regulation function of dreaming (NSERC)
• Sleep paralysis hallucinations, presence and personality factors
• Alexithymia, dreaming and emotional dysfunction (CIHR)
• Typical dreams: multi-site and internet studies
• Lucid dreaming

Nightmares:

• Dreams and nightmares during pregnancy and postpartum (CIHR) - recruiting participants!
• Epidemiology of bad dreams in children and adolescents (CIHR)
• Cognitive-behavior treatment of nightmares: kids (CIHR)
• Cognitive-behavior treatment of nightmares: adults (CIHR)
• A fear extinction theory of dreaming and nightmares (CIHR)

Abbreviations: CIHR = Canadian Institutes of Health Research; NSERC = Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; SSHRC = Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada:

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