The Science Behind EMPI DREAM:
Led by Dr. Antonio Zadra

Dr. Antonio Zadra
PhD Dream Scientist

At EMPI DREAM, science is at the core of everything we do. Our app is guided by the expertise of Dr. Antonio Zadra, a world-renowned dream researcher with over 30 years of experience in sleep and dream science. His extensive body of work on topics such as nightmares, sleepwalking, and the nature of dreams ensures that every tool and technique in our app is grounded in rigorous scientific research. With Dr. Zadra’s leadership, EMPI DREAM provides users with evidence-based methods to better understand, recall, and influence their dreams, empowering them to improve both their sleep and mental well-being.

Dreaming
& The Brain

Uncovers how our brains shape dreams, dream recall, and consciousness while we sleep.

  • Why brains need to dream (2022). DreamTime Magazine. + +

  • Sleep: Opening a portal to the dreaming brain (2021). Current Biology. + +

  • What dream characters reveal about the astonishing dreaming brain (2021). Psyche.+ +

  • The disintegrated theory of consciousness: Sleep, waking and meta-awareness (2022). Behavioral Brain Sciences. ++

  • Absorption, psychological boundaries, and attitude towards dreams as correlates of dream recall (2007). Journal of Sleep Research. ++

Emotions in
Dreams

Uncovers how our brains shape dreams, dream recall, and consciousness while we sleep.

  • Dream content and its relationship to trait anxiety (2019). International Journal of Dream Research. ++

  • Dream recall frequency and attitude towards dreams (2005). Journal of Personality and Individual Differences. + +

  • Seeking meaning in dreams: Relationships with well-being (2013). Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science. + +

  • Working with dreams in therapy: What do we know? (2004). Clinical Psychology Review. ++

  • Measuring nightmare and bad dream frequency (2008). Journal of Sleep Research. ++

Nightmares &
Well-being

Explores the psychological impacts of nightmares, trauma, and dream disturbances on mental health.

  • Association between recurrent dreams, disturbing dreams and suicidal ideation in adolescents (2021). Dreaming. ++

  • Nightmare frequency, nightmare distress and psychopathology in female victims of childhood abuse (2013). Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. ++

  • Nightmares and bad dreams: Their prevalence and relation to psychological well-being (2000). Journal of Abnormal Psychology. + +

  • Increased mastery elements associated with imagery rehearsal treatment for nightmares in sexual assault survivors (2004). Dreaming. + +

  • Frequency and content of dreams associated with trauma (2011). Sleep Medicine Clinics. ++

Sleep Disorders
& Parasomnias

Focuses on the science behind sleep disorders like sleepwalking and their effects on daily life.

  • Developmental changes in sleep terror episodes in chronic sleepwalkers (2022). Sleep Medicine. ++

  • Autonomic modulation during baseline and recovery sleep in adult sleepwalkers (2021). Frontiers in Neurology. ++

  • EEG slow waves prior to somnambulism (2014). Sleep Medicine. ++

  • Sleep deprivation impairs inhibitory control in adult sleepwalkers (2015). Journal of Sleep Research. + +

  • Daytime somnolence in adult sleepwalkers (2013). Sleep Medicine. ++

Dream Ethics
& Tech

Explores the ethical considerations and technological advancements in dream research and manipulation.

  • Ethical considerations of dream research (2008). Annals of Neurology. ++

  • Motivational factors in dream recall frequency (2012). Consciousness and Cognition. + +

  • The ethics of dream manipulation (2002). Bulletin Veille Sommeil. ++

  • Dream recall and commercial applications (2020). Journal of Sleep Research. + +

  • Dream interpretation ethics in therapy (2006). Revue Québécoise de Psychologie. + +