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Martin Dresler
@dresler.bsky.social
PI @ Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, studying functions of sleep. Also brain hacks incl. lucid dreaming, polyphasic sleep, mnemonics. http://dreslerlab.org
Neuroscience of Dreaming

Summer School - May 4-8, 2026 - Lucca, Italy

Applications open: nodsummerschool.imtlucca.it
October 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"Thank you" for reaching out.
July 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
June 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
May 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
EEG Microstates reveal distinct network dynamics in lucid and non-lucid REM sleep

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Revised eLife version of our 'Fractal cycles of sleep' - a new aperiodic activity-based definition of sleep cycles:

elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

We have some plans how/where to apply the concept, but would be happy to receive additional ideas!
November 22, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Next one on Bouillabayse, to understand the French Psyche?
November 21, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Do dreams serve a biological function?

If so, why do we forget most of them?

Here we propose a solution for this apparent paradox:

authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
November 21, 2024 at 2:09 PM
The neuroscience of lucid dreaming: past, present, future

authors.elsevier.com/a/1isnj3BtfH...
April 3, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Next to our official poster, we spared no expenses in high-quality autogenerated advertisements, following recent trends at the frontiers of research dissemination:
March 18, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Summer of dreams in the Netherlands:

27-31 May: Donders EEG toolkit
03-07 June: NIN-Donders summer school
08-12 June: IASD dream conference

3 weeks of intense training in the neuroscience of sleep/dreaming!

Info & application: nin.nl/dreaming

#neuroskyence #psychscisky #sleepresearch
March 17, 2024 at 10:35 AM
On Tuesday evening, @somiataei.bsky.social will tell you about the history of research on learning during sleep.

Have we made the Hypnobioscope a reality yet?

To find out, join the poster session from 18:00-19.00, poster #031.

#Worldsleep23 #Neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
October 23, 2023 at 8:29 PM
Tomorrow, Nico Adelhöfer and Mahdad Jafarzadeh Esfahani will present our research on the state of the art and current developments of lucid dreaming:
 
ws2023.abstractserver.com/program/#/de...
 
Join us on Tuesday, 15.00-16.30, Room 38!
October 23, 2023 at 8:24 PM
Tomorrow, @marianapereira.bsky.social will present fresh-from-the-oven results from her multimodal imaging approach to understanding dream traits at the Neuroscience of Dreaming symposium.

Join us in Room 24 at 9:00 AM on Tuesday!

#WorldSleep23#Neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
October 23, 2023 at 2:51 PM
Today @sarahschoch.bsky.social will present her Registered Report on Dreaming and Memory Consolidation in the Poster session from 18.00-19.00 #033.

Stop by to learn why she is giving up 100s of nights of sleep.

ws2023.abstractserver.com/program/#/de...

#WorldSleep23 #Neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
October 23, 2023 at 2:49 PM
Also yesterday, Yevgenia Rosenblum had Martin present her new aperiodic activity-based definition of sleep cycles.
 
Abstract: ws2023.abstractserver.com/program/#/de...
 
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 23, 2023 at 2:35 PM
Yesterday, Leila Salvesen presented our multi-center study on lucid dream induction with sleep EEG wearables.
 
Abstract: ws2023.abstractserver.com/program/#/de...
 
Study preregistration: osf.io/zfs57
October 23, 2023 at 2:34 PM
We are at #WorldSleep23

Here a brief (and continuously completed) thread with our contributions - if you are interested in any of the topics and happen to be in Rio in person, please approach us, otherwise reach out remotely!

#Neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
October 23, 2023 at 2:33 PM