Scientific contributions / 2020—2026
Years of pioneering sleep research laid the foundation for SomnoAI, automated research, and next-generation sleep technologies.
Reports the first demonstrated exchange of simple messages between two people during lucid REM sleep, mediated by a server that decoded muscle signals and delivered messages through audio. A proof of concept for connected sleep communication.
International Journal of Dream Research
View publicationInvestigates intentional changes to perceived body form during lucid REM sleep, providing experimental insight into self-representation and the adaptability of immersive dream experiences.
International Journal of Dream Research
View publicationDemonstrates two-way control of a virtual car avatar from lucid REM sleep, using measured muscle activity for navigation and light cues to provide feedback. The paper describes the first demonstration of this specific interface.
International Journal of Dream Research
View publicationTests whether a chosen melody can be incorporated into a lucid dream, helping characterize how externally supplied information interacts with conscious REM sleep.
International Journal of Dream Research
View publicationCompares methods intended to intensify lucid-dream experiences, contributing practical experimental protocols for studying perception and conscious control during REM sleep.
Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice
View publicationStudies combined brain activity and eyebrow movements as measurable markers of lucid REM sleep, informing approaches to objective detection and wearable sensing.
Sleep Science
View publicationDemonstrates real-time transmission of musical rhythms from lucid REM sleep to a computer through electromyography, establishing a pathway for capturing structured creative signals during sleep.
Dreaming
View publicationStudies how muscle signals during lucid REM sleep can be analyzed to identify attempted vocalization, contributing to techniques for translating sleep-time activity into meaningful information.
Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice
View publicationCompares three approaches to inducing lucid dreams, creating evidence that can inform reproducible sleep experiments and the design of participant protocols.
Dreaming
View publicationExamines the roles of different sensory modalities in lucid dreams, expanding the evidence base for studying perception during conscious REM sleep.
Dreaming
View publicationInvestigates how the apparent intensity and clarity of perception change during lucid dreams, supporting systematic study of subjective sleep experiences.
International Journal of Dream Research
View publicationExamines reported sex-related differences in participation and outcomes in lucid-dream practice, informing research design and participant segmentation.
International Journal of Dream Research
View publicationReports EMG patterns associated with the phrase “I love you” during lucid REM sleep, described in the publication as the first phrase detected from dreams.
Sleep Science
View publicationInvestigates factors associated with successful lucid-dream practice, contributing to the development of more targeted and testable sleep-study protocols.
Dreaming
View publicationExamines how lucid dreaming can be used to confront feared situations in a controlled subjective experience, exploring potential psychological applications.
Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice
View publicationExplores associations between sleep duration and REM sleep dissociative experiences, contributing observational evidence to broader questions about sleep behavior.
Dreaming
View publicationInvestigates whether submentalis electromyography alone can identify lucid dreams, supporting exploration of alternative sensor configurations for sleep experiments.
Sleep Medicine
View publicationStudies a method based on hypnopompic hallucinations for entering lucid dreams, adding an experimentally examined protocol for conscious REM sleep research.
International Journal of Dream Research
View publicationStudies the apparent limitations of flying in lucid dreams, offering insight into how expectations and perceived physical rules shape conscious REM sleep experiences.
Dreaming
View publicationUses lucid dreams to simulate unusual encounters, exploring how highly realistic immersive experiences can be generated and studied during sleep.
International Journal of Dream Research
View publicationProposes a common research framework for lucid dreaming, sleep paralysis, out-of-body experiences, and false awakenings, linking related aspects of REM sleep consciousness.
Medical Hypotheses
View publicationInvestigates spinning during lucid dreaming as a technique for increasing perceived vividness, contributing to experimental methods for studying dream experience.
Dreaming
View publicationExamines whether imagining being awake during lucid REM sleep influences sensory clarity, advancing research into the modulation of dream perception.
International Journal of Dream Research
View publicationStudies experimentally induced pain sensations during lucid dreaming and reported carryover into waking perception, exploring the boundaries of sleep-time sensory experience.
Dreaming
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