International Association for the Study of Dreams

Dreaming and the Brain consists of 10 articles and a handout by IASD members, posted daily during BAW on ASDreams.org and ASD’s Facebook pages and other social media. Regional reps helped distribute the info. The articles were written mostly by researchers (neuroscientists, psychologists, cognitive scientists). Another one is an account by a narcoleptic. And another reports on a neuroscience event at Columbia University. Our purpose was to provide information both to the general public and to researchers who might not be familiar with dream research. As Dana suggests, we made some contacts with other BAW partners — as well as key figures at science museums, universities, and science journalism programs. Our goal was fairly modest for this, our first BAW year, and we feel we met it: reaching several hundred people and building a foundation for, possibly, another BAW year . A complete set of links to the Dreaming and the Brain items is at https://tinyurl.com/yasfohqb. Handout: “What Your Brain Is Doing While You Sleep,” Michelle Carr, PhD “We Might Rehearse for Life in the VR of Dreams,” Katja Valli, PhD “Nightmares: We’re Not at Their Mercy,” Antonio Zadra, PhD “The Special Nature of Nightmares After Trauma,” Deirdre Barrett, PhD, and Gloria Sturzenacker “Childrens’ Dreams and the Maturing Brain,” Joseph De Koninck, PhD “Learning in Dreams: Gaining Knowledge and Skills,” Robert Hoss, MS “Learning in Dreams: Psychological Growth,” Robert Hoss, MS “Sleepwalking: Half-Asleep But on the Move,” Antonio Zadra, PhD “Suddenly Asleep: Narcolepsy from an Inside View,” Dolores Nurss “Lucid Dreaming: The Mind Never Sleeps,” Michael Schredl, PhD “Metaphor in Dreams, Waking, and the Brain,” Gloria Sturzenacker

We don’t have access to precise analytics, but our BAW Dreaming and the Brain got the name of our organization in front of a lot of people we wouldn’t easily reach normally. It also (after a slow start) generated a lot of enthusiasm among our authors, technical editors, and regional representatives.