Accelerated Skill Learning via Dream Engineering and Biofeedback

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Konkoly et al. had participants play harmonicas by inhaling through their noses, with said instruments on their nostrils. Then everyone competitively blew bubbles.Each of the two tasks were paired with a sound, and participants rehearsed mentally re-entering the task when the respective sound played.During REM sleep, the researchers replayed one task’s sound cue. The sound biased which dream occurred.So we can influence the content of dreams just by stimulating whatever happened while awake. Eve...

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