Our chapter ‘Jung, Dada, and the Discussion and Painting of Dreams’ is now available open access at the link below. The Dada art movement was the precursor to surrealism & was called ‘folly and tasteless’ by Jung, but similarities between them are explored in this @routledgebooks chapter. dreamsid.com/science-posts--…

Opening yesterday evening @FreudMusLondon of the exhibition ‘40 objects, 40 years’ to celebrate 40th anniversary of the Museum. Objects include the metal porcupine from Freud’s desk, statuette of Egyptian god Thoth, Freud’s wedding ring, & 1st edition of The Interpretation of Dreams (with exhibit label from me & @Prof_Lockheart).

Excellent radio programme on dream engineering, which is the use of various types of stimulation to alter dream content, for creative, interpersonal or scientific purposes. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002zv…

The latest issue of the International Journal of Dream Research includes our paper on the first quantitative assessment of insights and accuracy of dream interpretations by ChatGPT. journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.d…

Saturday 28th March 2-4pm we are holding a Dream Salon, a happening, at Queen Street Gallery, Neath 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. Discuss an attendee’s dream & see it painted live by ⁦@Prof_Lockheart⁩. Free tickets & info eventbrite.co.uk/e/dream-sal…

My (very positive) review of Karen van Kampen’s The Brain Never Sleeps (Simon and Schuster, March 2026) is now on our website and has been sent to Dream Time, magazine of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, for publishing in the Spring edition. Excerpt of review here, link to whole review at bottom of post. ‘This is a wonderful, captivating, wide-ranging and very original book. It is a clear description of all aspects of research into dreaming and the experience of dreams. It ranges from what is happening in the brain when we dream, to dream content, types of dreams, dream analysis, nightmares, psychoanalysis, disorders of sleep and dreaming, and the technology now being used to alter our dreams. And the debates on whether dreaming has a function, and how we can even experiment to test these theories, are also explained well.’ @simonschuster dreamsid.com/science-posts--…

Wonderful experts’ discussion on @BBCRadio4 #withinourtime of how Dada started in Zurich, the many types of creativity within it, from poetry to collage to masks, how it spread to other cities, and how after about 8 years its informality & anarchic spirit gave way/birth to surrealism. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002sr…

Lots of activities & talks for World Sleep Day, Friday 13th March @CardiffUni @NaPScardiff1, including me on ‘Why do we dream and how does the brain produce dreams?’ followed by @DreamsID workshop discussing an attendee’s dream while we see it painted live by artist @Prof_Lockheart. Schedule in tweet below.

Just submitted our first abstract for the 43rd annual IASD @DreamScholars conference in Oregon in June. On the psychologist & philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and his explanations for dreaming. @Prof_Lockheart

Our paper ‘Ratings of accuracy and insight following dream interpretation by ChatGPT’ has been accepted by the International Journal of Dream Research for its 2026, vol 19, April issue. AFAIK it’s the 1st quantitative assessment of AI/ChatGPT on this & provides detailed method, materials & baseline data for future standardized studies. Link to MS with authors incl @lauraroklicer. dreamsid.com/science-posts--… @DreamScholars