blind analysis Archives | Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/tag/blind-analysis/ Dream Research & Education Tue, 22 Sep 2020 00:34:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://bulkeley.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/kb-100x100.png blind analysis Archives | Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/tag/blind-analysis/ 32 32 A Database for Dreamers https://bulkeley.org/a-database-for-dreamers/ https://bulkeley.org/a-database-for-dreamers/#respond Tue, 22 Sep 2020 00:34:50 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4199 The Sleep and Dream Database (SDDb) is a digital archive designed to promote an empirical, hands-on approach to dream research.  The SDDb enables users to apply basic tools of data analysis to identify meaningful dimensions of dreaming experience.  The goal of the SDDb is not to replace other modes of dream interpretation, but rather to …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/a-database-for-dreamers/feed/ 0 The Dreams of a Sight-Impaired Person https://bulkeley.org/the-dreams-of-a-sight-impaired-person/ https://bulkeley.org/the-dreams-of-a-sight-impaired-person/#respond Wed, 18 Jul 2018 01:03:36 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=3674 A study from 2015 about the distinctive patterns in the dreams of “Jasmine,” a young sight-impaired musician.  First presented at the annual conference of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Introduction This presentation demonstrates the use of a digital word search method to study 800 dreams recorded in a …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/the-dreams-of-a-sight-impaired-person/feed/ 0 The Dreams of a Religious Cult Member https://bulkeley.org/dreams-religious-cult-member/ https://bulkeley.org/dreams-religious-cult-member/#respond Sun, 23 Apr 2017 23:22:26 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=3311 A new study of a long-term dream journal from a woman who belonged for many years to a physically and spiritually abusive religious cult. Earlier this year a dream research colleague, G. William Domhoff, told me about a new series of dreams available from a person willing to participate in a new experiment with “blind …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/dreams-religious-cult-member/feed/ 0 The Religious Content of Dreams: A New Scientific Foundation https://bulkeley.org/the-religious-content-of-dreams-a-new-scientific-foundation/ https://bulkeley.org/the-religious-content-of-dreams-a-new-scientific-foundation/#respond Mon, 03 Feb 2014 22:13:51 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=2970 This is an article from the journal Pastoral Psychology 58 (2009), 93-106.  It was the first time I tried applying word search methods in the analysis of a specific aspect of dream content in a series of dreams from a particular individual.  Although I don’t foreground the idea, it’s an early attempt at “blind analysis” in …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/the-religious-content-of-dreams-a-new-scientific-foundation/feed/ 0 Dreaming in Adolescence https://bulkeley.org/dreaming-adolescence/ https://bulkeley.org/dreaming-adolescence/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:44:32 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=2549 In the current issue of the IASD journal Dreaming (Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 240-252) I have an article with results of a blind word search analysis of a teenage girl’s dream series.  (Many thanks to the anonymous dreamer, “Bea,” and to Bill Domhoff for mediating our interactions.)  The article is my latest effort at developing …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/dreaming-adolescence/feed/ 1 Word Searching as a Tool in the Study of Dreams, or, Dream Research in the Era of Big Data https://bulkeley.org/word-searching-tool-study-dreams/ https://bulkeley.org/word-searching-tool-study-dreams/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:54:26 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=2176 I’m giving a presentation with that title on Saturday, June 23, at the annual conference of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, held in Berkeley, California.  The presentation is part of a panel session, “What’s New in the Scientific Study of Dreams.”  I’m giving an overview of the word searching method I’ve been …

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