101-nights -sleep and dream study night 031

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.本研究项目旨在通过脑电图（electroencephalography, EEG）技术开展客观定量分析，探究娜塔莉梦境的主观感知，以期建立二者间的关联。睡眠期间，大脑活动与清醒状态相似，但丘脑——神经系统中系统发育层面的古老结构——会使个体与外界环境隔绝。不过这种隔绝并非完全彻底，有时外部刺激会融入梦境叙事之中。为搭建脑电图记录与娜塔莉梦境叙事之间的关联桥梁，我们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类迥异的知识领域，以记录并呈现梦境体验。在连续101个夜晚中，生理与行为数据将持续与梦者的内在精神世界进行配对绑定，以构建双向对话机制。本数据集兼具独特性，可应用于科学分析、方法学研究以及各类艺术创作，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在与外在双重视角解析娜塔莉的梦境，包含连续101个昼夜的海量数据。本项目已取得四项阶段性成果： 1. 连续101个夜晚通过256个传感器记录生成952GB脑电数据，同时涵盖其身体运动数据（动作监测与红外摄像采集）； 2. 计算机系统每晚触发的语音录音日志，每条日志均标注精确时间戳； 3. 娜塔莉每日撰写的梦境日记条目； 4. 逐日活动记录。