Specific neural correlates change when conscious awareness alters during sleep onset and dreaming
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Current neuroscience research supports the claim that specific neural correlates and network dynamics change when conscious awareness shifts during sleep onset and dreaming.
Evidence for · 4
A dream EEG and mentation database.
2025 · cited by 7
Demonstrates that objective features extracted from sleep EEG recordings can predict conscious dream experiences in both REM and NREM sleep.
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