Zeo Archives | Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/tag/zeo/ Dream Research & Education Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:09:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://bulkeley.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/kb-100x100.png Zeo Archives | Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/tag/zeo/ 32 32 My Worst and Best Nights of Sleep https://bulkeley.org/worst-nights-sleep/ https://bulkeley.org/worst-nights-sleep/#respond Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:09:48 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=2490 In the previous post I noted that my monthly average ZQ over the past 3+ years (August 6, 2009 to December 19, 2012) has regularly hovered around 90, with the highest monthly average being 96 and the lowest 86.  Now, looking more closely at the data, I can see that my worst and best nights …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/worst-nights-sleep/feed/ 0 1001 Zeo Nights https://bulkeley.org/1001-zeo-nights/ https://bulkeley.org/1001-zeo-nights/#respond Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:30:53 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=2476 Last night (December 19, 2012) I recorded my 1001st night of sleep data using the Zeo sleep monitoring system.  I first started using the Zeo on August 6, 2009, and have worn it 81.25% of the time since (1001 out of 1232 nights).  Most of the non-Zeo nights have been due to miscellaneous technical problems. …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/research-suggestions/feed/ 6 Dystopian Dreaming https://bulkeley.org/dystopian-dreaming/ https://bulkeley.org/dystopian-dreaming/#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:44:01 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=2212 While sitting in the audience and taking notes during the recent IASD conference in Berkeley, I found myself marking several instances where something the presenter said triggered my dystopian imagination.  I confess to being a long-time fan of science fiction and fantasy stories about frightening future worlds controlled by alien invaders, zombie hordes, inhuman technologies, totalitarian …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/dystopian-dreaming/feed/ 2 Zeo Sleep Data and the Ur-Patterns of Dream Content https://bulkeley.org/zeo-sleep-data-ur-patterns-dream/ https://bulkeley.org/zeo-sleep-data-ur-patterns-dream/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:14:10 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=1989 So far I’ve done word search analyses on 20 series of dreams from individuals and 9 sets of dreams from large groups of people, a total of more than 18,000 dream reports. It’s too early to say anything definite about the patterns that have emerged from this data. More reports need to be gathered from …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/zeo-sleep-data-ur-patterns-dream/feed/ 6 High Zeo Scores, Big Dreams https://bulkeley.org/high-zeo-scores-big-dreams/ https://bulkeley.org/high-zeo-scores-big-dreams/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:32:20 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=1686 The week before Thanksgiving I went on a family vacation to Mexico, just as I did last year.  My two all-time highest Z scores have come from these vacations–123 on the second night of the trip last year, and 125 on the first night of the trip this year.  Both times I was in a big sleep …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/high-zeo-scores-big-dreams/feed/ 2 Dreaming with the Zeo Personal Sleep Coach https://bulkeley.org/dreaming-zeo-personal-sleep-coach/ https://bulkeley.org/dreaming-zeo-personal-sleep-coach/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:58:18 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=1657 Since August of 2009 I have been using the Zeo Personal Sleep Coach, a new consumer electronics device that allows you to monitor your sleep cycles at home.  It involves wearing a headband with a wireless sensor on your forehead that transmits data to a bedside clock while you sleep.  The Zeo system then calculates the length …

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