Have you ever heard about the ‘Hat Man’? Many people who experience sleep paralysis report seeing him: a dark, shadowy figure with a big hat, silently watching from the corner of the room. I was briefly mentioned in a Daily Mail article about this phenomenon: www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

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Some fresh news!! Yesterday I defended my PhD thesis on "Electrophysiology and neurophenomenology of intermediate states of consciousness between wakefulness and sleep"🥳 Here’s a pic of a short text I shared on LinkedIn:

Can you be aware of nothing while you are asleep? I wrote a new piece on dreamless sleep experiences for @theconversation.com
theconversation.com/can-you-be-a.... I also talk about some of the exciting findings from @tecferrer.bsky.social's research.
Supported by @iashedinburgh.bsky.social

Happy to have collaborated with Paula Ábalos on this amazing project combining art and science! Here are some glimpses from the APARICIONES installation at ZiMMT (Leipzig), which brings wake-sleep intermediate states of consciousness to life (📸 Photos by Nicolas Rupcich)

Interested in dream hacking and altered states of consciousness? You can now read two short texts @adrianaalsa.bsky.social and I wrote for the audiovisual installation APARICIONES, exploring these themes! To find them, explore the interactive archive at: apariciones.net

It was so refreshing to collaborate in this artistic project on liminal states of consciousness by Paula Ábalos (installation in Leipzig, Germany). I contributed a written piece on 'Dream hacking', which you need to find by interacting with the website :)
apariciones.net

Happy to announce APARICIONES! — an audiovisual installation at📍ZiMMT in Leipzig 🗓️ 4–20 July 2025, by artist Paula Ábalos (📸IG: @paula.abalos), based on our 3-year collaboration exploring wake-sleep transitional states of consciousness.

More info at: 🌐 apariciones.net / zimmt.net/programm/

Great question! Nearly 70% of UBEs were identified as "lucid dreams" in the study, yet few of them were reported in a dream environment. So, heightened awareness seems common during UBEs—enabling the signaling—but this doesn't necessarily mean they qualify as lucid dreams in the classical sense.

Pequeña mención mía en este artículo en el País sobre la mente en blanco elpais.com/salud-y-bien...

Excited to share the final chapter of my PhD now out as a preprint! 🎓 We explored unusual bodily experiences (including sleep paralysis and out-of-body experiences) using high-density EEG and in-depth interviews. 🧠😴
Check it out here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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📢 New preprint from the lab:

We are very excited to report the discovery of an oscillation in the Central Thalamus using rare direct recordings of human thalamic electrophysiology.

The novel oscillation is tightly coupled to specific, natural states of consciousness.🧵

Our new review on the clinical neuroscience of lucid dreaming is out! 🌙 We discuss its potential for treating nightmares and mental health, with some insights into its connection to Yoga Nidra: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Do you want to know more about "lucid sleep" and how can this state be induced and examined using neurophenomenologically-inspired research methods? Then check this out!
philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...

Thank you for being such an incredible collaborator and for all your valuable input 🙌 It was a pleasure working together on this!

A new article has been published on #PhiMiSci as part of our special issue on dreaming and mind wandering: „Exploring ‚lucid sleep’ and altered states of consciousness using meditation and visual stimulation: A case series study“ by T. Campillo-Ferrer, A. Alcaraz-Sánchez and S. G. Torres-Platas.

🥳 Exciting news! Our paper on 'lucid sleep' is finally published! Dive into the EEG and phenomenology of five episodes including lucid dreamless sleep, lucid dreaming, and out-of-body-like experiences 💫🧠💤. Check it out here: 🔗https://philosophymindscience.org/index.php/phimisci/article/view/10227