The Dream Catcher experiment: blinded analyses failed to detect markers of dreaming consciousness in EEG spectral power.

ABSTRACT: The Dream Catcher test defines the criteria for a genuine discovery of the neural constituents of phenomenal consciousness. Passing the test implies that some patterns of purely brain-based data directly correspond to the subjective features of phenomenal experience, which would help to bridge the explanatory gap between consciousness and brain. Here, we conducted the Dream Catcher test for the first time in a step-wise and simplified form, capturing its core idea. The Dream Catcher experiment involved a Data Team, which measured participants' brain activity during sleep and collected dream reports, and a blinded Analysis Team, which was challenged to predict, based solely on brain measurements, whether or not a participant had a dream experience. Using a serial-awakening paradigm, the Dat

SUBMITTER: Wong W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7362719 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature