Contemplative Sleep Practices
My current research aims at understanding the neural correlates of contemplative sleep practices, their phenomenology and their origins.
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Publications:
1. Campillo-Ferrer T., Alcaraz-Sánchez A., Torres-Platas SG. (2024). A theory-driven, mindfulness-based guide to facilitate and explore lucid sleep and altered states of consciousness during sleep. Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (IF. 1.3).
2. Mundt JM., Pruiksma K., Konkoly KR., Casiello-Robbins C., Nadorff MR., Franklin RC., Karanth S., Byskosh N., Morris D., Torres-Platas SG., Mallett R., Maski K., Paller KA. (2024) Treating narcolepsy-related nightmares with cognitive behavioral therapy and targeted lucidity reactivation. Journal of Sleep Research (IF. 4.4)
3. Xia T., Chen D., Zeng S., Yao Z., Liu J., Qin S., Paller KA., Torres Platas SG., Antony JA., Hu X. (2024). Aversive memories can be weakened during human sleep via the reactivation of positive interfering memories. PNAS (IF. 12).
4. Alcaraz-Sánchez A., Demšar E., Campillo-Ferrer T., Torres-Platas SG. (2022). Nothingness is all there is: An exploration of objectless awareness during sleep. Frontiers in Psychology (IF. 2.99) 10:13:901031.
5. Tzioridou S., Campillo-Ferrer T., Cañas-Martín J., Schlüter L., Torres-Platas SG., Gott JA., Soffer-Dudek N., Stumbrys T., Dresler M. (2023). The Clinical Neuroscience of Lucid Dreaming. Under review.
6. Morris D., Elliott, DB., Torres-Platas SG., Wall J., Demšar E., Konkoly, K., Rosman E., Grabowecky M., Glowacki D., Paller K. (2024) Auditory stimulation during sleep can provoke dreaming of a prior virtual-reality experience with ego-transcendent qualities. Under review.
