Publications
Journal articles
Mallett, R., Konkoly, K.R., Nielsen, T., Carr, M., 2024. New strategies for the cognitive science of dreaming. Trends in Cognitive Sciences [ journal ]
Liu, P., Maverick, K., Steinmaurer, A., Picard-Deland, C., Carr, M., & Kitson, A., in press, 2024. DreamLLM-3D: Affective Dream Reliving using Large Language Model and 3D Generative AI. NeurIPS
Carr, M.,Youngren, W., Seehus, M., Semin, R., Angle, E. & Pigeon, W., 2024. The Effects of Lucid Dreaming and Nightmares on Sleep Quality and Mental Health Outcomes. Behavioral Sleep Medicine [ journal ]
Mundt, J.M., Pruiksma, K., Konkoly, K.R., Casiello-Robbins, C., Nadorff, M., Franklin, R.C., Karanth, S., Byskosh, N., Morris, D., Torres-Platas, S.G., Mallett, R., Maski, K., & Paller, K.A., 2024. Treating narcolepsy-related nightmares with cognitive behavioral therapy and targeted lucidity reactivation: A pilot study. Journal of Sleep Research [ journal ]
Youngren, W. A., Bishop, T. M., Carr, M. & Pigeon W. A., 2024. Nightmare types and their impact on suicide and treatment outcomes. Dreaming [ journal ]
Liu, P., Kitson, A., Picard-Deland, C., Carr, M., Liu, S., LC, R., Zhu-Tian, C., 2024. Virtual dream reliving: Exploring generative AI in immersive environment for dream re-experiencing. AltCHI [ journal ]
Mallett, R., Sowin, L., & Carr, M., submitted. Social media reveals population dynamics of dysphoric dreaming. [ preprint ]
Wolk, N., Morris, D., Nahas, Y., Konkoly, K.R., Carr, M., Paller, K.A., & Mallett, R., 2024. Lucid dreams from reactivating mindfulness during REM sleep: A pilot study. International Journal of Dream Research [ journal ]
Carr, M., Wary, M., Grewal, A., Stafford, S., Raider, R., Pigeon, W.R., 2023. Dreaming of the sleep lab is associated with improved performance on a sign language learning task: A pilot study. Dreaming [ journal ]
Picard-Deland, C., Konkoly, K., Raider, R., Paller, K.A., Nielsen, T., Pigeon, W.R., Carr, M., 2023. The memory sources of dreams: serial awakenings across sleep stages and time of night. SLEEP [ journal ]
Carr, M., Yoo, A., Guardino, D., Hall, W. C., McIntosh, S., and Pigeon, W. R., 2023. Characterization of sleep among deaf individuals. Sleep Health [ journal ]
Konkoly, K.R., Picard-Deland, C., Morris, D., and Mallett, R., 2023. Dreaming outside the box: Evidence for memory abstraction in REM sleep. Journal of Neuroscience [ journal | pdf ]
Carr, M., Heymann, R., Lisson, A., Werne, N. M., and Schredl, M., 2022. Nightmare frequency and nightmare distress: Relationship to the big five personality factors and sensory-processing sensitivity. Dreaming [ journal ]
Picard-Deland, C., Nielsen, T., and Carr, M., 2021. Dreaming of the sleep lab. PLOS One [ journal ]
Mallett, R., Picard-Deland, C., Pigeon, W., Wary, M., Grewal, A., Blagrove, M., & Carr, M., 2021. The relationship between dreams and subsequent morning mood using self-reports and text analysis. Affective Science [ journal | pdf | preprint | data & code ]
Mallett, R., Carr, M., Freegard, M., Konkoly, K., Bradshaw, C., & Schredl, M., 2021. Exploring the range of reported dream lucidity. Philosophy and the Mind Sciences [ journal | pdf | preprint | data & code ]
Carr, M., Haar, A., Amores, J., Lopes, P., Bernal, G., Vega, T., Rosello, O., Jain, A., and Maes, O., 2020. Dream engineering: Simulating worlds through sensory stimulation. Consciousness and Cognition [ journal ]
Stocks, A., Carr, M., Mallett, R., Konkoly, K., Hicks, A., Crawford, M., Schredl, M., & Bradshaw, C., 2020. Dream lucidity is associated with positive waking mood. Consciousness and Cognition [ journal | pdf ]
Carr, M., Konkoly, K., Mallett, R., Edwards, C., Appel, K., & Blagrove, M., 2020. Combining pre-sleep cognitive training and REM-sleep stimulation in a laboratory morning nap for lucid dream induction. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice [ journal | pdf ]
Media
You can learn to control your dreams. Here's how. Short National Geographic article on lucid dreaming.
Nightmares Becalmed. Feature essay in Aeon magazine on developing methods in dream engineering to treat nightmares.
Controlling our Nightmares. TedX talk on the science of nightmares and new dream engineering approaches to treatment.
Dream Factory. Dr. Carr's blog on Psychology Today popularizing dream science.
Can lucid dreaming help us understand consciousness? Essay in The Guardian featuring several dream engineers and recent research.
Dream Engineers. National news feature on the science of dream engineering with Full Measure.
Sonder les profondeurs du sommeil. Feature essay on paradoxical insomnia, i.e., the sleep disorder of feeling awake while asleep.
Quand les rêves puisent dans nos souvenirs. La Presse article describing how and when memories get incorporated into dreams.