Oneirology is the scientific study of dreams. The term comes from the Greek oneiro which means dream. A person that studies oneirology is called an oneirologist. For the scientific journal named Science, see Science (journal). ... Dreaming is the subjective experience of imaginary images, sounds/voices, thoughts or sensations during sleep, usually involuntarily. ...

The first recorded use of the word was in 1653. The field gained momentum when Nathaniel Kleitman and his student Eugene Aserinsky discovered regular cycles in human sleep, at the University of Chicago sleep laboratory in 1953. Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ... Nathaniel Kleitman (1895 - 1999) was Professor Emeritus in Physiology at the University of Chicago. ... Eugene Aserinsky (1921 – 1998) was a graduate student at University of Chicago in 1953 when he discovered REM sleep. ... Periodicity is the quality of occurring at regular intervals (e. ... For other uses, see Sleep (disambiguation). ... The University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A further experiment by Kleitman and William C. Dement, then another medical student, demonstrated the particular period of sleep in which electrical brain activity as measured by an electroencephalograph (EEG) closely resembled that of waking as the eyes darted about actively. This kind of sleep became known as REM sleep, and Kleitman and Dement's experiment found a correlation of .80 between REM sleep and dreaming. William C. Dement (born 1928), is a pioneering sleep researcher, and founder of the worlds first sleep laboratory at Stanford University. ... Electroencephalography is the neurophysiologic exploration of the electrical activity of the brain by the application of electrodes to the scalp. ... Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is the normal stage of sleep characterized by rapid movements of the eyes. ... Dreaming is a common term among Indigenous Australians for a personal, or group, creation story and for the mythological time of creation, as well as for the places where the creation spirits now lie dormant in the land. ...

The independent and almost simultaneous confirmation of lucid dreaming by Stephen LaBerge and Keith Hearne has allowed for many different types of further experiments and developments. Lucid dreams occur during REM sleep after the person becomes conscious and aware of dreaming within the dream. ... Stephen LaBerge is a psychophysiologist and a leader in the scientific study of lucid dreaming. ... Keith Hearne (BSc. ...

See also

• Dream
• Dream analysis
• Dream dictionary
• Dream journal
• Dream incubation
• Ibn Sirin
• Oneirocritica
• Sigmund Freud
• Solomon Almoli
• Waking Life
• Lucid Dreaming

For other uses, see Dream (disambiguation). ... Dreaming is the subjective experience of imaginary images, sounds/voices, thoughts or sensations during sleep, usually involuntarily. ... A dream dictionary is a tool made for interpreting images in a dream. ... A dream journal is a journal in which one writes down his or her dream experiences. ... Dream incubation is an ancient healing art that has been almost lost throughout our modern age, but was quite recently revived by researchers in the fields of dreamwork and parapsychology. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Oneirocritica is considered the first book on dream interpretation, was written by the Roman Artemidorus after traveling extensively and interviewing people about their dreams and the outcomes of the dreams. ... Sigmund Freud (IPA: ), born Sigismund Schlomo Freud (May 6, 1856 – September 23, 1939), was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Waking Life is a digitally rotoscoped and animated film, directed by Richard Linklater and made in 2001. ... Lucid dreams occur during REM sleep after the person becomes conscious and aware of dreaming within the dream. ...

Further reading

• Aserinsky, E. and N. Kleitman. 1953. “Regularly Occurring Periods of Eye Motility and Concomitant Phenomena during Sleep.” Science 118: 273-274.
• Dement, W.C. and N. Kleitman. 1957. “The Relation of Eye Movements during Sleep to Dream Activity: An Objective Method for the Study of Dreaming.” Journal of Experimental Psychology 53: 339-346.
• Domhoff, G. William. 2003. The Scientific Study of Dreams. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Gackenbach, Jayne and Stephen LaBerge, Eds. 1988. Conscious Mind, Sleeping Brain. New York: Plenum Press.
• Hadfield, J. A. 1969. Dreams and Nightmares. Middlesex, England: Penguin Books.
• Hobson, J. Allan. The Dreaming Brain. New York: Basic Books, Inc., Publishers.
• Kramer, Milton, Ed. Dream Psychology and the New Biology of Dreaming. Springfield, Illinois: Thomas Books.
• LaBerge, Stephen. 1985. Lucid Dreaming. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher Inc.
• Oswald, Ian. 1972. Sleep. Middlesex, England: Penguin Books.
• Van de Castle, Robert L. Our Dreaming Mind. New York: Ballantine Books.
• Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress: The World Within. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/loc/loc11b.html.