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Speaking of Psychology

Dreams, nightmares and sleepwalking: What can happen while we sleep, with Antonio Zadra, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

Kim Mills

Health & Fitness, Life Sciences, Science, Mental Health

4.3781 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Our dreams can be exhilarating, surprising, terrifying, even mundane. But where do they come from and what, if anything, do they mean? Dream researcher Antonio Zadra, PhD, talks about why some people remember their dreams vividly while others don’t remember them at all; whether exploring dreams can offer insight into our waking lives; why nightmares happen and effective treatments for problematic recurring nightmares; understanding lucid dreaming and sleepwalking; and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.7

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0:29.6

Confronting a monster, realizing you can fly, running into your ninth grade teacher while you're not wearing pants.

0:38.8

The characters and situations we encounter in our dreams can be exhilarating, surprising,

0:44.0

terrifying, even mundane.

0:46.6

But where do dreams and nightmares come from and what, if anything, do they mean?

0:51.3

Those questions have interested philosophers and mystics for centuries. In recent decades,

0:56.7

scientists have begun to explore them as well. Today we're going to talk to one of those

1:01.2

scientists about questions such as, why do we dream? Why do some people remember their dreams in

1:05.8

detail, like me, while others don't remember them at all. Can exploring our dreams offer us insight into our waking

1:13.1

lives? What are lucid dreams and can you train yourself to have one? What about sleep paralysis?

1:19.6

And what about nightmares? Why do they occur? How common are they? And is there any way to treat

1:24.4

them if they're interfering with your sleep and your mental health?

1:30.3

Welcome to Speaking of Psychology, the flagship podcast of the American Psychological Association

1:35.6

that examines the links between psychological science and everyday life. I'm Kim Mills.

1:45.0

My guest today is Dr. Antonio Zadra, a professor of psychology at the University of Montreal,

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