sleep Archives | Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/tag/sleep/ Dream Research & Education Sun, 24 Aug 2025 20:15:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://bulkeley.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/kb-100x100.png sleep Archives | Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/tag/sleep/ 32 32 The Importance of Dreaming for Memory https://bulkeley.org/the-importance-of-dreaming-for-memory/ https://bulkeley.org/the-importance-of-dreaming-for-memory/#respond Sun, 24 Aug 2025 20:15:28 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4668 It may seem hard to believe for those who rarely remember their dreams, but psychologists have found strong evidence that sleep and dreaming are closely intertwined with the dynamics of memory. Whether or not the dreams are consciously recalled in waking, the dreaming process seems to play a valuable role in the underlying system by …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/the-importance-of-dreaming-for-memory/feed/ 0 The Essence of a Dream Library https://bulkeley.org/the-essence-of-a-dream-library/ https://bulkeley.org/the-essence-of-a-dream-library/#respond Thu, 09 Dec 2021 01:45:50 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4416 A Dream Library is a playground for studying and dreaming: for studying while dreaming, and dreaming while studying. It’s a spatial technology for stimulating your oneiric imagination. It’s not a shrine to dreaming, but it’s not not a shrine to dreaming, either. It’s your personally crafted portal into the intuitive depths of your own mind. …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/the-essence-of-a-dream-library/feed/ 0 Basic Patterns in Dreaming https://bulkeley.org/basic-patterns-in-dreaming/ https://bulkeley.org/basic-patterns-in-dreaming/#respond Wed, 09 Sep 2020 00:08:01 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4078 The basic patterns of dream content are coming into sharper focus, thanks to new technologies of digital analysis. By using these tools to study large and diverse collections of high-quality dream data, and then making those tools and data publicly available, we can illuminate recurrent frequencies of dream content that others can easily review, replicate, …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/basic-patterns-in-dreaming/feed/ 0 Scheduling Work and School with Sleep in Mind https://bulkeley.org/scheduling-work-and-school-with-sleep-in-mind/ https://bulkeley.org/scheduling-work-and-school-with-sleep-in-mind/#respond Fri, 04 Sep 2020 22:16:15 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4032 The Covid-19 pandemic has caused, in addition to a health crisis, an unprecedented crisis of work and education. Many businesses and schools have closed, or soon will; those that survive will not look or function the same after the pandemic as they did before. The only certainty is that the old ways are gone, and …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/scheduling-work-and-school-with-sleep-in-mind/feed/ 0 The Legacy of William Dement https://bulkeley.org/the-legacy-of-william-dement/ https://bulkeley.org/the-legacy-of-william-dement/#respond Mon, 03 Aug 2020 21:41:54 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=3995 The world of sleep and dream research lost one of its all-time greats with the passing of William Dement. He died on June 17, at the age of 91. Dement was an innovative clinician, a popular teacher, and a strong voice for greater public attention to the dangers of inadequate sleep. He led the creation …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/the-legacy-of-william-dement/feed/ 0 Dreams and Politics 2020: Preparing for New Research https://bulkeley.org/dreams-and-politics-2020-preparing-for-new-research/ https://bulkeley.org/dreams-and-politics-2020-preparing-for-new-research/#respond Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:29:26 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=3883 To prepare for a new study of dreams during the 2020 U.S. Presidential election campaign, I am doing a brief review of my previous work in this area, to remind myself of what I have learned so far and what seems most important to investigate next. I have been studying dreams and politics since 1992, …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/dreams-and-politics-2020-preparing-for-new-research/feed/ 0 Healthier Sleep: A Path to Lucid Dreaming https://bulkeley.org/healthier-sleep-a-path-to-lucid-dreaming/ https://bulkeley.org/healthier-sleep-a-path-to-lucid-dreaming/#respond Wed, 24 Oct 2018 00:44:00 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=3728 More awareness of sleep leads to more awareness in sleep. Why is it so hard to motivate people to sleep better?  Sleep is vital to human health, yet many of us get much less of it than we truly need. Sleep deprivation causes devastating personal and social damage, including more frequent accidents, injuries, illnesses, and …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/the-false-heroism-of-sleep-deprivation/feed/ 0 Dreams and Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet https://bulkeley.org/dreams-and-shakespeare-romeo-and-juliet/ https://bulkeley.org/dreams-and-shakespeare-romeo-and-juliet/#respond Fri, 10 Aug 2018 20:54:21 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=3692 Uncanny dreams and deathly sleep haunt the most famous lovers in literary history. The woeful story of Juliet and her Romeo has several ominous references to beds, sleep, and dreams.  These nocturnal elements reflect the tension between the passionate yearnings of the young lovers and the tragic fate that awaits them.  As Friar Laurence vainly …

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