Ken Paller
Northwestern University
Research
I am a PhD candidate in cognitive neuroscience at Northwestern University. I study sleep, lucid dreaming, and contemplative practices.
Visit the Paller Lab website →Current Projects
Manuscripts in Preparation
- Development of a Multimodal Dream Yoga Intervention: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Outcomes
- Real-Time Behavioral Responses to Auditory Stimuli During Sleep
- A Dream-Engineering Database
Data Collection Ongoing
- Dissertation: Alleviating Nightmares With Lucid Dreaming Training
- Dark Retreat
- Sleep Onset Responsiveness
- Galantamine and Lucid Dreaming
Lab & Collaborators
Gabriela Torres-Platas
Northwestern University
Karen Konkoly
University of Cambridge
Remington Mallett
Research Areas
Selected areas of my current research.
Lucid Dreaming
What happens in the brain when we realize we are dreaming?
Dream Engineering
Investigating how we can influence dreams using sensory stimulation before and during sleep.
Dream Yoga & Contemplative Science
Exploring contemplative sleep practices through interdisciplinary research.
Clinical Applications
Examining how lucid dreaming may help alleviate nightmares and other sleep disorders.