101-nights -sleep and dream study night 066

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）开展客观量化分析，系统解析娜塔莉的梦境主观感知，并尝试搭建梦境体验与脑电生理指标间的关联。睡眠期间，大脑活动状态与觉醒阶段相似，但神经系统中系统发育古老的丘脑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，部分外界刺激有时会被融入个体的梦境叙事之中。为搭建脑电图记录与娜塔莉的梦境叙事之间的研究桥梁，本研究尝试以听觉刺激作为潜在的梦境干扰机制开展实验。本数据集为一项为期101夜的纵向研究数据集。本研究的核心在于整合两类迥异的知识领域，以记录并呈现梦境体验。在101个夜晚的完整周期内，生理与行为数据会持续与梦者的内在精神活动进行配对绑定，旨在构建二者间的双向关联。本数据集兼具独特学术与应用价值，可广泛应用于科学分析、方法学开发以及包括认知科学与多模态艺术在内的各类艺术创作项目。这项前所未有的研究项目可从内部与外部双视角全面解析娜塔莉的梦境，涵盖了连续101个昼夜的海量多模态数据。本项目直接产出四项核心成果：1. 借助256个传感器的连续采集记录，在101个夜晚的周期内生成了总计952GB的脑活动数据，同时包含受试者的身体运动数据（体动监测与红外摄像采集）；2. 计算机系统触发的语音音频日志，每条日志均标注了每晚的精确触发时间；3. 娜塔莉每日撰写的梦境日记原文；4. 每日活动记录数据集。