Media
Selected articles, videos, interviews, and public discussions about my research.
AASM Montage Magazine · 2026 Issue 3
Engineering healthier dreams
Check out our recent article in the AASM Montage magazine on dream engineering!
Videos
Public Q&A
Ask Me Anything Reddit event
Public Q&A about dreaming, lucid dreaming, sleep learning, dream communication, and dream engineering.
View the Reddit AMA →Featured Coverage
Mind & Life Institute
Bridging Science and Buddhism: The Dalai Lama’s 100 Year Vision
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First-Author Research Coverage
Inducing Lucid Dreaming Based on a Contemplative Practice of Compassion
Lucid Dreaming of a Prior Virtual-Reality Experience with Ego-Transcendent Qualities
- Phase Today: How Can You Program a Lucid Dream in VR?
- IFLScience: Scientists Used Virtual Reality To Alter People’s Lucid Dreams In Mindboggling Feat
- ISPR: Scientists used virtual reality to alter people’s lucid dreams in mindboggling feat
- XROM: Scientists Used Virtual Reality To Alter People’s Lucid Dreams
Dream Engineering & Problem Solving
Coverage of our February 2026 study on dreaming and creative problem solving.
The Washington Post
Why your most creative ideas may come after a night of sleep
Northwestern Now
Dream engineering can help solve ‘puzzling’ questions
NPR
Can’t solve a puzzle? Sleep on it, a new study suggests
FOX 32 Chicago
Northwestern study reveals how sleep can boost creativity
Gizmodo
Researchers Are Basically Inceptioning Lucid Dreamers With Brain Teasers
View all media coverage of the February 2026 study
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Major & Broadcast
- NPR: Can’t solve a puzzle? Sleep on it, a new study suggests
- The Washington Post: Why your most creative ideas may come after a night of sleep
- TIME: Can Dreams Help You Solve Problems?
- FOX 32 Chicago: Northwestern study reveals how sleep can boost creativity
- Northwestern Now: Dream engineering can help solve ‘puzzling’ questions
Science & Technology
- Vice: How Scientists Hacked People’s Dreams to Help Them Solve Real-Life Puzzles
- Nautilus: Dream Engineering Could Help You Solve Problems While You Sleep
- LiveScience: Scientists infiltrated volunteers’ dreams to boost their creative thinking
- PsyPost: Scientists use “dream engineering” to boost creative problem-solving during REM sleep
- The Free Sheet: Real-life Inception study uses sound to hack dreams and help solve problems
- The Brighter Side: Guided dreams during REM sleep can boost problem solving
- Tech Explorist: Dream engineering may improve creative problem-solving
- Gizmodo: Researchers Are Basically Inceptioning Lucid Dreamers With Brain Teasers
- ScienceAlert: ‘Dream Engineering’ Can Boost Your Puzzle-Solving, Study Suggests
- The Debrief: Did Scientists Just Achieve “Inception”? Experiments Show “Dream Engineering” May Be a Reality
International
- The Times (UK): Could dream engineering help you solve problems while you sleep?
- Express (UK): Scientists crack Inception ‘dream hacking’ and can now plant ideas in your sleep
- Mirror (UK): Inception-style ‘dream hacking’ helps people solve life’s hardest problems
- Science Post (France): « Inception pour moins de 10 euros » : l’expérience qui prouve qu’on peut pirater vos rêves avec un simple bruit de fond
- Science & Vie (France): Inception n’est plus seulement de la fiction… des scientifiques parviennent à orienter certains contenus des rêves pendant le sommeil
- Der Spiegel (Germany): Träumen hilft, Probleme zu lösen
- Times of India: Stuck on a puzzle? Sleeping may help you solve it, study finds
Video blog
KDLabs
Karen Konkoly and Dashiell Bark-Huss's informal video blog where I am a frequent collaborator!