Oneirology (DREAMS) with Dr. G. William Domhoff
Image description: Dr. G. William Domhoff sits at a desk at UC Santa Cruz. There is a microphone in front of him, and he is wearing a green sweatshirt and smiling to camera.
Part 1: WHY do we dream? What do dreams mean? What parts of our brain are working after-hours? We sought out UC Santa Cruz researcher and professor Dr. G. William Domhoff, a world expert on the topic, for this dream-come-true episode. Learn about historical dream research, dream researchers collect dream reports, how neurodivergence affects dreaming, why you should set an alarm to go to bed, how remembering dreams can help solve problems, and more about REM myths! We’ll be back next week to answer all your questions and dig even deeper. Also teeth dreams: WHY.
Listen to Part 1 via Stitcher, Apple, Podbay, Podcast Addict, Spotify, Overcast, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Part 2: Lucid dreaming! Teeth falling out! Medications and dreaming! The source of creativity! Even how to clean your brain. Dr. G. William Domhoff has studied dreams for decades and returns to answer an absolute deluge of questions with his wisdom and aplomb. By the end, you’ll know to sleep better, why it’s important, how to relax like a fish, if cheese alters your subconscious, why your dog flaps their paws during naps, and rejoice about a freshly discovered part of the brain. Ooooh, it’s an instant classic.
Listen to Part 2 via Stitcher, Apple, Podbay, Podcast Addict, Spotify, Overcast, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Dr. G. William Domhoff’s book: The Neurocognitive Theory of Dreaming
His website: Dreamresearch.net
This episode is wonderfully sponsored by Saatva.com/ologies
A donation will be made toward dream research at UC Santa Cruz
Links to things we discussed:
Sleep: The Sensory Disconnection of Dreams
Brain networks are decoupled from external stimuli during internal cognition
Dreaming as Embodied Simulation: A Widower's Dreams of His Deceased Wife
The Role of Dreams in the Evolution of the Human Mind
Normative Tables for the Hall/Van de Castle Coding System
Controlling nightmares: some tips!
A wandering mind is an unhappy mind
Brain networks are decoupled from external stimuli during internal cognition
Sleep: The Sensory Disconnection of Dreams
Dream recall and dream content in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
The prevalence of aphantasia (imagery weakness) in the general population
Aphantasia, imagination and dreaming
Dreams, Sleep, and Psychotropic Drugs
Autistic Dreaming: A Phenomenological Study of Dreaming and Well-Being
Creating metaphors: The neural basis of figurative language production
The Dream as a Model for Psychosis: An Experimental Approach Using Bizarreness as a Cognitive Marker
UCLA study: Our ancestors probably didn’t get 8 hours a night, either
Natural Sleep and Its Seasonal Variations in Three Pre-industrial Societies
Karen Konkley’s lucid dreaming research
Senoi Dream Theory: Myth, Scientific Method, and the Dreamwork Movement
Video: “The Awesome Lawfulness of Your Nightly Dreams”
Prevalence of teeth dreams via Dream motif scale in the journal Dreaming
The Interpretation of Dreams Sigmund Freud
A mesothelium divides the subarachnoid space into functional compartments
Newfound 'protective shield' in the brain is like a watchtower for immune cells
The influence of age- and sex-specific labor demands on sleep in Namibian agropastoralists
Elephants sleep for just 2 hours a day – the least of any mammal
Worldwide Indigenous Science Network’s Dreamwork on YouTube
Worldwide Indigenous Science Network’s Dreamwork
The role of Indigenous knowledges in psychedelic science
Ralph Reitan’s work on neuroimaging and lesions
When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness
The effects of auditory enrichment on zebrafish behavior and physiology
Dreaming and the default network: A review, synthesis, and counterintuitive research proposal
Ralph M. Reitan: The Pioneer of Clinical Neuropsychology
Baseline sleep-wake patterns in the pointer dog
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