SPACE Lab
@spacelabimt.bsky.social
Sleep, Plasticity, And Conscious Experience (SPACE) Lab
IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
Lucca, Italy
IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
Lucca, Italy
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SPACE Lab
@spacelabimt.bsky.social
· Sep 14
🧠 The official website of the Neuroscience of Dreaming Summer School (4–8 May 2026, IMT School, Lucca, Italy) is now live: nodsummerschool.imtlucca.it
👉 Check out the confirmed speakers + our program overview. Detailed schedule and registration coming soon!
👉 Check out the confirmed speakers + our program overview. Detailed schedule and registration coming soon!
New review from the Lab: Bontempi et al., "The Effects of RBD Medications on Dream Content: A Critical Review of Evidence"
💊 "Available evidence offers only limited support for clonazepam, melatonin, and pramipexole in reducing disturbing dream content"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
💊 "Available evidence offers only limited support for clonazepam, melatonin, and pramipexole in reducing disturbing dream content"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Effects of RBD Medications on Dream Content: A Critical Review of Evidence
REM sleep behavior disorder, often an early marker of α-synucleinopathies, is characterized by the loss of REM-related muscle atonia and the occurrenc…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:54 AM
New review from the Lab: Bontempi et al., "The Effects of RBD Medications on Dream Content: A Critical Review of Evidence"
💊 "Available evidence offers only limited support for clonazepam, melatonin, and pramipexole in reducing disturbing dream content"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
💊 "Available evidence offers only limited support for clonazepam, melatonin, and pramipexole in reducing disturbing dream content"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by SPACE Lab
Sleep deprivation exhibits age-dependent effect on infra-slow global brain activity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.12.675828v1
September 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Sleep deprivation exhibits age-dependent effect on infra-slow global brain activity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.12.675828v1
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🧠 The official website of the Neuroscience of Dreaming Summer School (4–8 May 2026, IMT School, Lucca, Italy) is now live: nodsummerschool.imtlucca.it
👉 Check out the confirmed speakers + our program overview. Detailed schedule and registration coming soon!
👉 Check out the confirmed speakers + our program overview. Detailed schedule and registration coming soon!
September 14, 2025 at 6:20 AM
🧠 The official website of the Neuroscience of Dreaming Summer School (4–8 May 2026, IMT School, Lucca, Italy) is now live: nodsummerschool.imtlucca.it
👉 Check out the confirmed speakers + our program overview. Detailed schedule and registration coming soon!
👉 Check out the confirmed speakers + our program overview. Detailed schedule and registration coming soon!
🚨 New preprint 🚨
"Immersive NREM dreaming preserves subjective sleep depth against declining sleep pressure." We analyzed 1,024 awakenings collected across 196 nights with high-density EEG (256 ch.) to explore the relationship between dreaming and subjective sleep depth.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
"Immersive NREM dreaming preserves subjective sleep depth against declining sleep pressure." We analyzed 1,024 awakenings collected across 196 nights with high-density EEG (256 ch.) to explore the relationship between dreaming and subjective sleep depth.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Immersive NREM dreaming preserves subjective sleep depth against declining sleep pressure
Perceived sleep depth is a key determinant of subjective sleep quality, traditionally thought to reflect unconsciousness and reduced cortical activation. Here, we combined high-density EEG with a seri...
doi.org
September 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🚨 New preprint 🚨
"Immersive NREM dreaming preserves subjective sleep depth against declining sleep pressure." We analyzed 1,024 awakenings collected across 196 nights with high-density EEG (256 ch.) to explore the relationship between dreaming and subjective sleep depth.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
"Immersive NREM dreaming preserves subjective sleep depth against declining sleep pressure." We analyzed 1,024 awakenings collected across 196 nights with high-density EEG (256 ch.) to explore the relationship between dreaming and subjective sleep depth.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Reposted by SPACE Lab
🔔New preprint out!
We reviewed how RBD medications affect dream content.
Take home message: the need for standardization and methodological rigor in future studies.
“The effects of RBD Medications on Dream Content: A Critical Review of Evidence” is now available here: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
We reviewed how RBD medications affect dream content.
Take home message: the need for standardization and methodological rigor in future studies.
“The effects of RBD Medications on Dream Content: A Critical Review of Evidence” is now available here: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
OSF
doi.org
September 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
🔔New preprint out!
We reviewed how RBD medications affect dream content.
Take home message: the need for standardization and methodological rigor in future studies.
“The effects of RBD Medications on Dream Content: A Critical Review of Evidence” is now available here: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
We reviewed how RBD medications affect dream content.
Take home message: the need for standardization and methodological rigor in future studies.
“The effects of RBD Medications on Dream Content: A Critical Review of Evidence” is now available here: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Reposted by SPACE Lab
💤🧠🧪 New article! 🧪🧠💤
After years of effort led by @qualiastructure.bsky.social (Nao Tsuchiya and William Wong), Jenny Windt, Katja Valli, Valdas Noreika and @rherzoga.bsky.social, the Dream database is now published in @natcomms.nature.com
**A dream EEG and mentation database**
rdcu.be/eAwni
After years of effort led by @qualiastructure.bsky.social (Nao Tsuchiya and William Wong), Jenny Windt, Katja Valli, Valdas Noreika and @rherzoga.bsky.social, the Dream database is now published in @natcomms.nature.com
**A dream EEG and mentation database**
rdcu.be/eAwni
August 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
💤🧠🧪 New article! 🧪🧠💤
After years of effort led by @qualiastructure.bsky.social (Nao Tsuchiya and William Wong), Jenny Windt, Katja Valli, Valdas Noreika and @rherzoga.bsky.social, the Dream database is now published in @natcomms.nature.com
**A dream EEG and mentation database**
rdcu.be/eAwni
After years of effort led by @qualiastructure.bsky.social (Nao Tsuchiya and William Wong), Jenny Windt, Katja Valli, Valdas Noreika and @rherzoga.bsky.social, the Dream database is now published in @natcomms.nature.com
**A dream EEG and mentation database**
rdcu.be/eAwni
Save the date!! 🗓️
The 2nd edition of the Summer School on the Neuroscience of Dreaming 💤 will take place 4–8 May 2026 in Lucca, Italy, at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca.
📍 The official website will be released soon: stay tuned for updates!
The 2nd edition of the Summer School on the Neuroscience of Dreaming 💤 will take place 4–8 May 2026 in Lucca, Italy, at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca.
📍 The official website will be released soon: stay tuned for updates!
August 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Save the date!! 🗓️
The 2nd edition of the Summer School on the Neuroscience of Dreaming 💤 will take place 4–8 May 2026 in Lucca, Italy, at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca.
📍 The official website will be released soon: stay tuned for updates!
The 2nd edition of the Summer School on the Neuroscience of Dreaming 💤 will take place 4–8 May 2026 in Lucca, Italy, at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca.
📍 The official website will be released soon: stay tuned for updates!
Reposted by SPACE Lab
🧠💤 New from our lab in Communications Biology!
Grollero et al. "Affective information modulates slow-wave- and arousal-like responses during NREM sleep"
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#sleep #sleepresearch
Grollero et al. "Affective information modulates slow-wave- and arousal-like responses during NREM sleep"
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#sleep #sleepresearch
Affective information modulates slow-wave- and arousal-like responses during NREM sleep - Communications Biology
This study shows that emotionally charged sounds modulate the occurrence, shape, and downstream impact of K-complexes, revealing a flexible, multi-phase brain response during NREM sleep that may suppo...
www.nature.com
July 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🧠💤 New from our lab in Communications Biology!
Grollero et al. "Affective information modulates slow-wave- and arousal-like responses during NREM sleep"
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#sleep #sleepresearch
Grollero et al. "Affective information modulates slow-wave- and arousal-like responses during NREM sleep"
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#sleep #sleepresearch
📢 Applications are now open for the IMT Honors Program at IMT School: a funded academic opportunity for outstanding students enrolled in the first year of a Master’s degree or the penultimate year of a single-cycle program, in Italy or abroad. Deadline: July 3, 2025.
www.imtlucca.it/en/education...
www.imtlucca.it/en/education...
Honors Program
Do you want to go beyond the standard university experience and unlock your full potential? The Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca is opening up applications for the Honors Program, a course designed for tal...
www.imtlucca.it
June 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
📢 Applications are now open for the IMT Honors Program at IMT School: a funded academic opportunity for outstanding students enrolled in the first year of a Master’s degree or the penultimate year of a single-cycle program, in Italy or abroad. Deadline: July 3, 2025.
www.imtlucca.it/en/education...
www.imtlucca.it/en/education...
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📄 New preprint! 🎊
Elce et al., "The semantics of dreams": www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We show that dream content is shaped by both wakefulness experiences and stable individual psychological/cognitive traits. 🌕
Elce et al., "The semantics of dreams": www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We show that dream content is shaped by both wakefulness experiences and stable individual psychological/cognitive traits. 🌕
The semantics of dreams
Dreams are universal yet deeply personal experiences. While memory and personal concerns influence dream content, the impact of other individual, generalizable traits remains poorly understood. To add...
www.biorxiv.org
May 22, 2025 at 6:12 AM
📄 New preprint! 🎊
Elce et al., "The semantics of dreams": www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We show that dream content is shaped by both wakefulness experiences and stable individual psychological/cognitive traits. 🌕
Elce et al., "The semantics of dreams": www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We show that dream content is shaped by both wakefulness experiences and stable individual psychological/cognitive traits. 🌕
Reposted by SPACE Lab
📢 The PhD call for "Mind, Brain, and Human Thought" (track: "Experimental Psychology and Psychophysiology") at the IMT School, Lucca is now open!
Join us in the Sleep, Plasticity, and Conscious Experience (SPACE) Lab to explore the science of sleep and dreaming. 🧠💤
Apply here 👉 mbht.imtlucca.it
Join us in the Sleep, Plasticity, and Conscious Experience (SPACE) Lab to explore the science of sleep and dreaming. 🧠💤
Apply here 👉 mbht.imtlucca.it
MBHT@IMT School
PhD Program in
Mind, Brain, and Human Thought (MBHT)
mbht.imtlucca.it
March 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
📢 The PhD call for "Mind, Brain, and Human Thought" (track: "Experimental Psychology and Psychophysiology") at the IMT School, Lucca is now open!
Join us in the Sleep, Plasticity, and Conscious Experience (SPACE) Lab to explore the science of sleep and dreaming. 🧠💤
Apply here 👉 mbht.imtlucca.it
Join us in the Sleep, Plasticity, and Conscious Experience (SPACE) Lab to explore the science of sleep and dreaming. 🧠💤
Apply here 👉 mbht.imtlucca.it