This glossary of dreamy terms is a continuous work in progress. If there is a sleep/dream term you come across on this website, or anywhere else for that matter, or that you’ve heard somewhere and would like like to see it added to the glossary, please get in touch. The comments section is open. At the moment most terms are limited to brief definitions, maybe with some added extras, but I will continue to add to them.
The definitions I give are based on my experiences with dream research, so it’s likely that others may have other definitions. I am interested to hear about your understandings of and experiences with these phenomena, so please feel welcome to comment!
Click on the link below to see definitions of the following terms:
Bad dream
Biphasic sleep
(Dream) bizarreness
Continuity Hypothesis
Compensation
Daydream
Day residue
Dream
Dream diary
Dream interpretation
Dream journal
Dream lag
Dream rebound
Dream recall
Dream report
Dreamwork
EEG (electroencephalography)
EMG (electromyography)
EOG (electrooculography)
Emotion-processing
Hyperassociativity
Hypnagogia
Hypnogram
Hypnopompia
Insomnia
Lucid dream
Memory consolidation
Monophasic sleep
Nap
Nightmare
Non-REM sleep
N2 sleep
Oneirology
Oneironauts
Parasomnia
Participant
Polysomnography
Precognitive dreams
Rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep
Recurrent dream
REM sleep behaviour disorder
Sleep
Sleep deprivation
Sleep lab
Sleep onset
Sleep paralysis
Sleep walking
Slow wave sleep
Somnambulism
Stage 1 non-REM sleep
Stage 2 non-REM sleep
Stage 3 non-REM sleep
Typical dream
Waking life
Wish fulfilment
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