#5 What does dreaming have to do with emotions? Brain-to-brain with Jona Lemke.

Have you had a bad dream recently? And have you ever wondered where your dreams come from and what they mean?

In this episode we go brain-to-brain with Jona who wrote their bachelor’s thesis about emotional regulation during dreams.

Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 Cognitive Science Student Journal, Osnabrück University

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Werner GG, Schabus M, Blechert J, Wilhelm FH. Differential Effects of REM Sleep on Emotional Processing: Initial Evidence for Increased Short-term Emotional Responses and Reduced Long-term Intrusive Memories. Behav Sleep Med. 2021 Jan-Feb;19(1):83-98. doi: 10.1080/15402002.2020.1713134. Epub 2020 Jan 23. PMID: 31971007.

Credits:

Produced by: Sophie Kühne and Alina Ohnesorge Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder