Manu Kiebergh and Dr Jennifer Vint discuss their multinational research project on the connection between COVID-19 and vivid dreams, exploring the impact of emotions in waking and dreaming, the role of anxiety, and the need for a deeper understanding of well-being and emotions in both waking and dreaming experiences.
Many of us have had more vivid dreams and nightmares during this global pandemic. A multinational study is set to find out how COVID-19 is affecting our dreams, and whether changes to our inner consciousness could affect our mental health. Along the way researchers will investigate the mysteries of why we dream, why they are often so bizarre, and whether there’s really a difference between dreams during sleep and mind wandering.