Isolated Sleep Paralysis, Vivid Dreams and Geomagnetic Influences: II

1997 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 579-584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Conesa
Keyword(s):  
Geomagnetic Activity ◽  
Geomagnetic Field ◽  
Sleep Paralysis ◽  
Dream Recall ◽  
Large Sample ◽  
Vivid Dream ◽  
Isolated Sleep Paralysis ◽  
Over Time

This report describes a test of the hypothesis that significant changes in the ambient geomagnetic field are associated with altered normal nighttime dream patterns. Specifically, it was predicted that there would be a greater incidence of isolated sleep paralysis or vivid dreams with abrupt rises and falls of geomagnetic activity. The author's (JC) and a second subject's (KC) daily reports of dream-recall were analyzed in the context of daily fluctuations of geomagnetic activity (K indices). Two analyses of variance indicated (i) significantly higher geomagnetic activity three days before a recorded isolated sleep paralysis event and (ii) significantly lower geomagnetic activity three days before an unusually vivid dream took place. Conversely, geomagnetic activity did not fluctuate significantly for randomly selected days. Testing a large sample over time is required for confirmation and extension of this work.

Relationship between Isolated Sleep Paralysis and Geomagnetic Influences: A Case Study

1995 ◽  
Vol 80 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1263-1273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Conesa
Keyword(s):  
Geomagnetic Activity ◽  
Sleep Paralysis ◽  
Dream Recall ◽  
Lucid Dreaming ◽  
Dream Recall Frequency ◽  
K Index ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Isolated Sleep Paralysis

This preliminary report, of a longitudinal study, looks at the relationship between geomagnetic activity and the incidence of isolated sleep paralysis over a 23.5-mo. period. The author, who has frequently and for the last 24 years experienced isolated sleep paralysis was the subject. In addition, incidence of lucid dreaming, vivid dreams, and total dream frequency were looked at with respect to geomagnetic activity. The data were in the form of dream-recall frequency recorded in a diary. These frequency data were correlated with geomagnetic activity k-index values obtained from two observatories. A significant correlation was obtained between periods of local geomagnetic activity and the incidence of isolated sleep paralysis. Specifically, periods of relatively quiet geomagnetic activity were significantly associated with an increased incidence of episodes.

scholarly journals Brief communication "On the recent reaffirmation of ULF magnetic earthquakes precursors"

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2193-2198 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Masci
Keyword(s):  
Geomagnetic Activity ◽  
Geomagnetic Field ◽  
Earthquake Precursors

Abstract. Hayakawa et al. (2009) and Hayakawa (2011) have recently reviewed some "anomalous" ULF signatures in the geomagnetic field which previous publications have claimed to be earthquake precursors. The motivation of this review is "to offer a further support to the definite presence of those anomalies". Here, these ULF precursors are reviewed once again. This brief communication shows that the reviewed anomalies do not "increase the credibility on the presence of electromagnetic phenomena associated with an earthquake" since these anomalous signals are actually caused by normal geomagnetic activity. Furthermore, some of these ULF precursors have just been rebutted by previous publications.

scholarly journals Recurrent isolated sleep paralysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-56
Author(s):  
Jitka Bušková ◽  
Monika Kliková
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Paralysis ◽  
Isolated Sleep Paralysis

scholarly journals Dream Recall and Content versus the Menstrual Cycle: A Cross-Sectional Study in Healthy Women

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Ioannis Ilias ◽  
Nicholas-Tiberio Economou ◽  
Anastasia Lekkou ◽  
Andrea Romigi ◽  
Eftychia Koukkou
Keyword(s):  
Menstrual Cycle ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Luteal Phase ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Dream Content ◽  
Dream Recall ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Large Sample ◽  
Hormonal Milieu

The association between sleep and the menstrual cycle has been scarcely studied. This study aimed to investigate the association between dream recall and content and the menstrual cycle among a large sample of young women. To this aim, 944 women were asked about their day of menstrual cycle, whether they remembered the previous night’s dreams and if they did so to describe the dream content as pleasant or unpleasant. A total of 378 women recalled the previous nights’ dreams, with 199 reporting pleasant dream affect/content and 179 reporting unpleasant dream content. In women who recalled their dreams, there was an association of pleasant dream content with the luteal phase (p = 0.038). In conclusion, in women, the hormonal milieu of the luteal phase may influence dream content.

The divorce of REM sleep and dreaming

2000 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 922-924 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton Coenen
Keyword(s):  
Rem Sleep ◽  
Memory Consolidation ◽  
Water Tank ◽  
Dream Recall ◽  
Active Sleep ◽  
Cerebral Activation ◽  
Considerable Evidence ◽  
Vivid Dream

The validity of dream recall is discussed. What is the relation between the actual dream and its later reflection? Nielsen proposes differential sleep mentation, which is probably determined by dream accessibility. Solms argues that REM sleep and dreaming are double dissociable states. Dreaming occurs outside REM sleep when cerebral activation is high enough. That various active sleep states correlate with vivid dream reports implies that REM sleep and dreaming are single dissociable states. Vertes & Eastman reject that REM sleep is involved in memory consolidation. Considerable evidence for this was obtained by REM deprivation studies with the dubious water tank technique.[Nielsen; Solms; Vertes & Eastman]

scholarly journals Isolated sleep paralysis and fearful isolated sleep paralysis in outpatients with panic attacksb

2010 ◽  
Vol 66 (12) ◽  
pp. 1292-1306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian A. Sharpless ◽  
Kevin S. McCarthy ◽  
Dianne L. Chambless ◽  
Barbara L. Milrod ◽  
Shabad-Ratan Khalsa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Paralysis ◽  
Isolated Sleep Paralysis

Escitalopram for recurrent isolated sleep paralysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan P. Hintze ◽  
Dominic Gault
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Paralysis ◽  
Isolated Sleep Paralysis
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