101-nights -sleep and dream study night 096

The research project presented aims at putting the personal perception of Nathalie’s dreams through an objective, quantitative analysis using electroencephalography (EEG), in an attempt to establish a linkage between the two dimensions. During sleep periods, brain activity is similar to that of an awakened state, yet the thalamus, a phylogenetically ancient structure in the nervous system, isolates us from the environment. But this isolation is not total, and sometimes external stimuli are incorporated into the plot of our dreams. To establish a bridge between the record (EEG) and Nathalie’s dream narrative, we experiment with auditory stimuli as a possible mechanism of interference. The 101 nights is a longitudinal dataset. At the core of the study is the concordance of two divergent fields of knowledge to record and represent the dream experience. For 101 nights physiological and behavioral data are continuously paired with the dreamer’s inner life, geared towards a dialogue. A unique dataset for scientific analyses, methodological developments as well artistic projects, including cognitive science and multiple modalities of art. The unprecedented project allows an internal and external perspective on Nathalie’s dreams, containing extensive data for 101 consecutive nights and days. the project produced four immediate results: 1. 952 GB of brain data was produced by the registry of 256 sensors over the period of 101 nights in continuity, including her body movement (actimetry and infrared camera).<br> 2. the audio logs of the words triggered by the computer system, each night with their exact time.<br> 3. Nathalie’s daily dream diary entries.<br> 4. day-by-day activity.本研究项目旨在借助脑电图（electroencephalography, EEG）技术，对娜塔莉的梦境个人感知开展客观量化分析，尝试搭建起生理脑活动与梦境主观叙事两类维度间的关联桥梁。睡眠阶段中，大脑活动与觉醒状态相似，但神经系统中系统发育上极为古老的丘脑（thalamus）结构会将个体与外界环境隔绝。不过这种隔绝并非完全彻底，有时外界刺激会被纳入梦境情节之中。为搭建脑电图记录与娜塔莉的梦境叙事之间的关联桥梁，本研究尝试以听觉刺激作为可能的干扰机制开展实验。 本项目的数据集为“101夜”纵向数据集。本研究的核心在于融合两个截然不同的知识领域，对梦境体验进行记录与呈现。在连续101个夜晚中，生理与行为数据会持续与梦者的内在心理活动进行配对关联，旨在实现二者的互证对话。该数据集可为科学分析、方法学拓展及艺术创作等各类项目提供独一无二的研究资源，涵盖认知科学与多模态艺术等多个领域。这项前所未有的研究项目可从内部与外部双重视角解析娜塔莉的梦境，涵盖连续101个昼夜的海量数据。 本项目已取得四项阶段性成果： 1. 依托256个传感器的连续101夜监测，共获取952GB脑活动数据，同时记录了受试者的身体运动数据（包括体动监测与红外摄像采集内容）； 2. 计算机系统触发的语音音频日志，每晚数据均标注精确触发时间； 3. 娜塔莉每日撰写的梦境日记条目； 4. 逐日活动记录。