ReviewJournal of sleep research2025
Sleep and Dreams as Reflected by Science Fiction Literature and Films-Anything to Learn From?
Review in Journal of sleep research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- Sleep and Dreams as Reflected by Science Fiction Literature and Films-Anything to Learn From?Journal of sleep research · 2025Review
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Abstract
Sleep and dreams are frequent themes in science fiction (Sci-Fi) literature and films, often used to explore questions about consciousness, reality, technology and the human experience. Sci-Fi authors and filmmakers utilise the enigmatic nature of sleep and dreams to blur the boundaries between reality and imagination, raising philosophical questions or extrapolating the effects of futuristic technologies on human life. In this article, we want to highlight some areas that have been recurring themes relating to sleep and dreams in Sci-Fi. These will include the concepts of so-called hypno-paedagogics, space hibernation, brain machine interfaces, electrostimulation, genetic engineering and the impact of substances (viruses, bacteria, drugs, toxins) on sleep and dreams. We will then confront Sci-Fi concepts with what is known from contemporary sleep science and judge what might be feasible, or not, in the future. A question we also want to address is how the relationship between sleep science and sleep Sci-Fi can be conceptualised: whether novel concepts have been instigated by Sci-Fi and taken up by sleep science or whether Sci-Fi merely reflects state of the art topics of sleep science, with just adding a touch of fiction.
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