My Worst and Best Nights of Sleep
In the previous post I noted that my monthly average ZQ over the past 3+ years (August 6, 2009 to December 19, 2012) has regularly hovered around 90, with... [Read more of this post]
1001 Zeo Nights
Last night (December 19, 2012) I recorded my 1001st night of sleep data using the Zeo sleep monitoring system. I first started using the Zeo on August... [Read more of this post]
Who Sleeps Worst in the US? The Surprising Truth
An excellent guest post on Ryan Hurd’s Dream Studies website by A.L. Castonguay looks at sleep as a misunderstood public health issue. Specifically,... [Read more of this post]
Dystopian Dreaming
While sitting in the audience and taking notes during the recent IASD conference in Berkeley, I found myself marking several instances where something... [Read more of this post]
What I Learned at the 2012 IASD Conference
Here are excerpts from notes I took during the recent conference of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, held in Berkeley, California,... [Read more of this post]
Dream Recall and Political Ideology: Results of a Demographic Survey
An article with the title above just appeared in the IASD journal Dreaming, vol. 22(1), March 2012, pp. 1-9. It’s the latest in a series of research... [Read more of this post]
Zeo Sleep Data and the Ur-Patterns of Dream Content
So far I’ve done word search analyses on 20 series of dreams from individuals and 9 sets of dreams from large groups of people, a total of more than... [Read more of this post]
Comparing Dream Content and Zeo Sleep Data
An advanced feature of the Sleep and Dream Database is the ability to analyze dream content using sleep stage measurements from the Zeo Sleep Manager as... [Read more of this post]
High Zeo Scores, Big Dreams
The week before Thanksgiving I went on a family vacation to Mexico, just as I did last year. My two all-time highest Z scores have come from these... [Read more of this post]
Dreaming with the Zeo Personal Sleep Coach
Since August of 2009 I have been using the Zeo Personal Sleep Coach, a new consumer electronics device that allows you to monitor your sleep cycles at... [Read more of this post]











