101-nights -sleep and dream study night 020

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定量分析，以期在相关维度间建立关联。睡眠期间，大脑活动与清醒状态相似，但神经系统中系统发育古老的丘脑结构会将我们与外界环境隔绝。不过这种隔绝并非完全彻底，部分外界刺激有时会被融入梦境的叙事脉络。为搭建脑电图记录与娜塔莉梦境叙事之间的桥梁，我们尝试以听觉刺激作为潜在干扰机制开展实验。《101夜》为一项纵向数据集。本研究的核心在于融合两个截然不同的知识领域，以记录并呈现梦境体验：在连续101个夜晚中，生理与行为数据会与梦者的内在体验持续关联，旨在构建双向对话关系。本数据集兼具独特性，可用于科学分析、方法学研发以及包括认知科学与多模态艺术在内的各类艺术项目。这项前所未有的项目可从内在与外在双视角解析娜塔莉的梦境，涵盖连续101个昼夜的海量数据。本项目直接产出四项核心成果：1. 借助256个传感器的连续101夜记录，共产生952GB脑活动数据，同时涵盖受试者的身体运动数据（包括体动记录与红外摄像数据）；2. 计算机系统触发的语音音频日志，每个夜晚的记录均标注精确时间戳；3. 娜塔莉每日撰写的梦境日记条目；4. 逐日活动记录。