Joe, Nick and Georgia talk sleep, Chianti & fava beans, brain rinsing, They Live, Inception, lucid dreaming, noisy ice, John Wick’s dreams, Nick’s research, Jacob’s ladder, sleep paralysis, and more.
Episode 9 – Sleep Studies
This has no particular format; it’s just correcting or updating anything in the show we didn’t get a chance to fully talk about or things we had on the tips of our tongues and couldn’t get out as we recorded. As always, feel free to comment, and we will address stuff in future shows! Enjoy.
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*Both Joe and Georgia have notes below
Say hello and let us know:
Do you take naps?
Can you lucid dream?
Do you have a favorite Sleep or Dream inspired movie or novel?
What we drinking?
Joe- insufficient clearance — Sketchbook brewery
Nick- Matcha Martian —Bean Me Up Roastery
Georgia — Watermelon White Claw
Joe’s Show Notes:
oneirology
(own-I-rology) the scientific study of dreams.
Polysomnography
known as a sleep study, is a test used to diagnose sleep disorders.
Famous Sleep Studies
- The Sleepless Elite (2014)
- The “Fatal Familial Insomnia” Case Studies (1980s)
- The Randy Gardner Experiment (1960s): stayed awake for 264.4 hours (11 days and 24 minutes) as part of a science fair project
- The “Sleepless in San Diego” Study (2002)
Sleep paralysis
Sleep deprivation
Sleepwalking killer Scott Falater
Sleepwalker’ Acquitted of Murdering Mother-in-Law After 15-Mile Drive
Lucid Dreaming
Sleep is crucial
Mantis from the MCU
Hormones Makes us Sleepy
Circadian rhythms
Do Other Animals Dream
does lunar phases effect sleep?
Pain receptors in brain?
Staying active during brain surgery, playing instruments
They Live (1988)
“The computer says no”—Little Britain show
Sundowners syndrome
Marvel’s Sleepwalker Character
Marvel’s Nightmare Character
If you die in dream do you die in real life
Georgia’s Tid Bits
Washing Brain During Sleep
Nightmare On Elm Street: True Story
Jacob’s Ladder:Dreams and Consciousness,Hollywood-Style by Kelly Bulkley
Jacob’s Ladder- Movie
MIT in Fluid Interfaces
New device can control your dreams: Marketers try to hack the brain!
Taking the perfect nap by NPR
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