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Bianca Pedreschi

IMT School for Advanced Studies LuccaORCID 0009-0002-8607-2891Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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The semantics of dreams

Valentina Elce, Giorgia Bontempi, Serena Scarpelli, Bianca Pedreschi, Pietro Pietrini, Luigi De Gennaro, Michele Bellesi, Giulio Bernardi, Giacomo Handjaras

This study analyzes dream content using a multimodal dataset to show how individual traits and external events shape dream experiences.

Communications Psychology · Apr 28, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Immersive NREM dreaming preserves subjective sleep depth against declining sleep pressure

Adriana Michalak, Davide Marzoli, Francesco Pietrogiacomi, Damiana Bergamo, Valentina Elce, Bianca Pedreschi, Giorgia Mosca, Alessandro Navari, Michele Emdin, Emiliano Ricciardi, Giacomo Handjaras, Giulio Bernardi

This study examines how immersive NREM dreaming affects perceived sleep depth despite declining sleep pressure.

PLoS Biology · Mar 24, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

The individual determinants of morning dream recall

Valentina Elce, Damiana Bergamo, Giorgia Bontempi, Bianca Pedreschi, Michele Bellesi, Giacomo Handjaras, Giulio Bernardi

This study identifies factors influencing morning dream recall in adults, finding associations with attitude towards dreaming, mind wandering, sleep patterns, age, and interference vulnerability.

Communications Psychology · Feb 18, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Inducing lucid dreaming with multisensory stimulation: a preregistered multi-center study

Claudia Picard‐Deland, Mahdad Jafarzadeh Esfahani, Leila Salvesen, Tobi Matzek, Ema Demšar, Tinke van Buijtene, Victoria Libucha, Cosimo Cecconi, Bianca Pedreschi, Paul Zerr, Nico Adelhöfer, Emma Peters, Sarah Fiona Schoch, Giulio Bernardi, Michelle Carr, Martin Dresler

This study tests a combined sensory and cognitive approach to induce lucid dreaming, finding higher rates of signal-verified lucid dreams with sensory cues compared to sham conditions.

bioRxiv · Jun 21, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience