Apr 9, 2025 10:15 PM
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/...eir-dreams
EXCERPTS: A recent study investigated the factors that determine morning dream recall in a prospective exploratory study of 217 healthy adults 18 to 70 years old (116 females). These subjects recorded their last dream experience upon awakening each morning at home for 15 days. Physiological information was also recorded via a portable EEG device. At the end of the period, the participants underwent a neuropsychological assessment.
Three factors influence your probability of waking up in the morning and remembering any dream. Your attitude towards dreaming, proneness to mind wandering, and specific characteristics of your sleep patterns. Whether you recall the actual dream content or simply an awareness that you had a dream is also influenced by your vulnerability to interference.
The association between mind wandering and dream recall may indicate an increased tendency to spontaneously generate dream-like experiences irrespective of whatever is going on around you. Further, daydreamers may pay greater attention to their dreams because they occur during the daytime when attentional and memory abilities are better.
The results also suggest that individuals are more likely to recall dreams when they wake up from long sleep nights with only a small proportion of the night spent in deep sleep and more time in REM sleep. [...] Dreams were recalled more frequently during spring and autumn than the winter; this might be due to the potential role of circadian rhythms and nocturnal body temperature. Dreams were recalled less frequently if there was a higher vulnerability to interference after waking, such as having a conversation, thinking about the day’s coming events, or dealing with an alarm clock... (MORE - missing details)
EXCERPTS: A recent study investigated the factors that determine morning dream recall in a prospective exploratory study of 217 healthy adults 18 to 70 years old (116 females). These subjects recorded their last dream experience upon awakening each morning at home for 15 days. Physiological information was also recorded via a portable EEG device. At the end of the period, the participants underwent a neuropsychological assessment.
Three factors influence your probability of waking up in the morning and remembering any dream. Your attitude towards dreaming, proneness to mind wandering, and specific characteristics of your sleep patterns. Whether you recall the actual dream content or simply an awareness that you had a dream is also influenced by your vulnerability to interference.
The association between mind wandering and dream recall may indicate an increased tendency to spontaneously generate dream-like experiences irrespective of whatever is going on around you. Further, daydreamers may pay greater attention to their dreams because they occur during the daytime when attentional and memory abilities are better.
The results also suggest that individuals are more likely to recall dreams when they wake up from long sleep nights with only a small proportion of the night spent in deep sleep and more time in REM sleep. [...] Dreams were recalled more frequently during spring and autumn than the winter; this might be due to the potential role of circadian rhythms and nocturnal body temperature. Dreams were recalled less frequently if there was a higher vulnerability to interference after waking, such as having a conversation, thinking about the day’s coming events, or dealing with an alarm clock... (MORE - missing details)