Abstract
We present a quantitative study of mental time travel to the future in sleep. Three independent, blind judges analysed a total of 563 physiology-monitored mentation reports from sleep onset, REM sleep, non-REM sleep, and waking. The linguistic tool for the mentation report analysis is based on established grammatical and cognitive-semantic theories and has been validated in previous studies. Our data indicate that REM and non-REM sleep must be characterized by a reduction in mental time travel to the future, which would support earlier physiological evidence at the level of brain function.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 180-189 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Consciousness and Cognition |
Volume | 48 |
Early online date | 9 Dec 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2017 |
Keywords
- REM
- Non-REM
- Mentation reports
- Sleep onset
- Hypnagogic hallucinations
- Quantitative linguistic analysis
- Linguistics