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Science May 2013 PMID 23558170

Neural decoding of visual imagery during sleep.

T Horikawa, M Tamaki, Y Miyawaki, Y Kamitani

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The overall tone indicates a strong interest and recognition of the paper’s importance, with examples like mentions of its foundational role in sleep and visual decoding research, along with references to related work and debates about novelty. The tone is generally respectful and curious, emphasizing the paper's technical and conceptual significance.

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CL
@CL207 · X

some other higher impact papers dat are more recent related 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117258 10.1126/science.1234330 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101060

Mar 3, 2023 · 33 likes · 1 share · 263,023 followers View post →
Jonny Smallwood
@the_mindwanders · X

@PessoaBrain I would be surprised if anyone knows for definite either way. Dream content can be decoded better in 'higher' regions here (by the excellent @ykamit ) https://t.co/YpFy3qtBGU

Sep 12, 2022 · 9 likes · 2 shares · 2,633 followers View post →
Billy Carson II
@4biddnKnowledge · X

@bibliqueverset PubMed Neural decoding of visual imagery during sleep - PubMed Here we present a neural decoding approach in which machine-learning models predict the contents of visual imagery during the sleep-onset period, given ...Berkeley News Scientists use brain imaging to reveal the

May 27, 2025 · 8 likes · 1 share · 126,243 followers View post →
Patrick Mineault
@patrickmineault · X

Dreams (https://t.co/ec2oH0elZz) and imagined scenes are a lot harder (https://t.co/8SkLx9ZMxR). Can't rely on troves of supervised data unlike the "people watching movies" case. Some data distribution shift to account for. 3/3

Nov 21, 2022 · 6 likes · 1 share · 21,770 followers View post →
Carolyne Mbithe
@CarolyneMbithe · X

@obed_semba Neural Decoding of Visual Imagery During Sleep - https://t.co/JCqtOHnZEC

Jan 12, 2021 · 5 likes · 2 shares · 10,738 followers View post →
Alexander Huth
@alex_ander · X

@bayesianboy It's (kind of) been done https://t.co/1HtqAngPPR

Nov 15, 2023 · 5 likes · 5,045 followers View post →

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RealRationalist
@RationalyYours · X

wait..... WHAT? This was discovered 12 yrs ago???? https://t.co/G9sXdy86Oy https://t.co/xQNOhVc6ua

Oct 5, 2025 · 365 followers View post →
埠頭-neko
@futouneko · X

夢の研究は外部から脳内の映像が確認できず人体実験を伴うので研究困難だったが、それでも夢の画像化など、研究や実験は現在も進められている。 https://t.co/snGyg3RJ4q 参考(2013年) https://t.co/B76a9CzcGE https://t.co/lqWo50ZXDF

Sep 22, 2025 · 670 followers View post →
Jaeger Santos
@santos_jaeger · X

“Our results suggest that specific visual experiences during sleep are represented by brain activity patterns similar to those elicited by perception.” - Neural Decoding of Visual Imagery During Sleep, The Kamitani Lab (Kyoto University, Japan) AI no longer guessed whole images.

Aug 6, 2025 · 503 followers View post →
Claire
@Beebits69Claire · X

RT @4biddnKnowledge: @bibliqueverset PubMed Neural decoding of visual imagery during sleep - PubMed Here we present a neural decoding appro…

May 27, 2025 · 1 share · 5,466 followers View post →
Billy Carson II
@4biddnKnowledge · X

@bibliqueverset PubMed Neural decoding of visual imagery during sleep - PubMed Here we present a neural decoding approach in which machine-learning models predict the contents of visual imagery during the sleep-onset period, given ...Berkeley News Scientists use brain imaging to reveal the

May 27, 2025 · 8 likes · 1 share · 126,243 followers View post →
(Sichu Lu(Sichu.Lu218@proton.me)
@lu_sichu · X

@hot_cocoa_girl https://t.co/0Un87Ck0jh

May 14, 2025 · 1 like · 3,326 followers View post →
A - V / erger
@ajvergerc · X

Yukiyasu Kamitani, https://t.co/55iW4JIfvi código abierto https://t.co/bR6e9vrWBP 2005 https://t.co/EDmcDcm9my 2013 https://t.co/LzqeomjXU6 2019 https://t.co/9xdZS1C1rd TODO

Sep 14, 2024 · 58 followers View post →
Loki (cute/acc)
@chillgates_ · X

@Nopointproven I think I got desensitized to it because I thought there was prior art to this back in 2013 which I got to know through some obscure facebook post about ML back in the days, that wasn't even with transformers, now it almost looks obvious in hindsight

Aug 1, 2024 · 2 likes · 5,502 followers View post →
Brainworm website
@Brainwormw33336 · X

@Zip0000000 @Toyotasupremacy Didn’t read the article, did you? Go back to Reddit. https://t.co/5MKJd7PQVD

Mar 27, 2024 · 447 followers View post →
Felix Liu
@ghalox · X

@ReenCR Uma pesquisa em andamento que talvez interesse. Até lá, você só tem a sonhar. https://t.co/BDCSYloosX

Dec 25, 2023 · 1 like · 44 followers View post →
Alexander Huth
@alex_ander · X

@bayesianboy It's (kind of) been done https://t.co/1HtqAngPPR

Nov 15, 2023 · 5 likes · 5,045 followers View post →
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@Metaoffdead2 · X

Neural Decoding of Visual Imagery During Sleep | Science https://t.co/QypesV29za This Device Can Record Your Dreams - YouTube https://t.co/jfGD0gzCOB #oldnews @neuralink No chips necessary!

Oct 28, 2023 · 1,061 followers View post →
Yaldabaoth
@VaporeonFan69 · X

@dmangla3 @AIatMeta https://t.co/0Kzc2RkGzv

Oct 18, 2023 · 117 followers View post →
Gareth Gaskell
@mggaskell · X

@StuartJRitchie @Own_My_Time This paper suggests you do, at least in higher visual areas: https://t.co/oofiOveky2

Oct 6, 2023 · 1,932 followers View post →
Faturita
@faturita · X

@FabBallarini Estamos bien, no pasa nada. Es muy parecido a este trabajo https://t.co/j1CzUET5Lg pero con una tecnología más moderna (StableDiffusion).

Mar 4, 2023 · 516 followers View post →
Lori Smale
@LoriSmale · X

RT @CL207: some other higher impact papers dat are more recent related 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117258 10.1126/science.1234330 10.1016/j.…

Mar 3, 2023 · 1 share · 8 followers View post →
CL
@CL207 · X

some other higher impact papers dat are more recent related 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117258 10.1126/science.1234330 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101060

Mar 3, 2023 · 33 likes · 1 share · 263,023 followers View post →
synctrunk
@synctrunk · X

Neural decoding of visual imagery during sleep

Jan 24, 2023 · 1,117 followers View post →
Fagun Pathak
@insectkissed · X

Intresting

Jan 5, 2023 · 19 followers View post →
Chillin Jingleheimer Schmidt
@KoanChillin · X

Who is building DreamGPT? https://t.co/KHmExuhNTv

Dec 13, 2022 · 156 followers View post →
The vOICe vision BCI
@seeingwithsound · X

RT @patrickmineault: Dreams (https://t.co/ec2oH0elZz) and imagined scenes are a lot harder (https://t.co/8SkLx9ZMxR). Can't rely on troves…

Nov 23, 2022 · 1 share · 3,737 followers View post →
Patrick Mineault
@patrickmineault · X

Dreams (https://t.co/ec2oH0elZz) and imagined scenes are a lot harder (https://t.co/8SkLx9ZMxR). Can't rely on troves of supervised data unlike the "people watching movies" case. Some data distribution shift to account for. 3/3

Nov 21, 2022 · 6 likes · 1 share · 21,770 followers View post →
Edfreeman
@Edfreem58424229 · X

RT @the_mindwanders: @PessoaBrain I would be surprised if anyone knows for definite either way. Dream content can be decoded better in 'hig…

Sep 13, 2022 · 2 shares · 143 followers View post →
CLaE
@leafs_s · X

RT @the_mindwanders: @PessoaBrain I would be surprised if anyone knows for definite either way. Dream content can be decoded better in 'hig…

Sep 13, 2022 · 2 shares · 28,172 followers View post →
Jonny Smallwood
@the_mindwanders · X

@PessoaBrain I would be surprised if anyone knows for definite either way. Dream content can be decoded better in 'higher' regions here (by the excellent @ykamit ) https://t.co/YpFy3qtBGU

Sep 12, 2022 · 9 likes · 2 shares · 2,633 followers View post →
Elena Todorova
@vega_x73 · X

"Neural Decoding of Visual Imagery During Sleep"... !!!!!!

Sep 12, 2022 · 995 followers View post →
E. subyummilis
@e_subyummilis · X

https://t.co/Puy84aHVyK

Jun 29, 2022 · 30 followers View post →
Natamas
@s4nuy3 · X

@ImK1938 https://t.co/LxPeEFpxxt

Jun 16, 2022 · 1,088 followers View post →
村山 理
@sam_murayama · X

機械学習モデルが、人間の機能的磁気共鳴画像パターンと見た夢に関する口頭での報告との間の関係を求める。 https://t.co/GXTrbpHCGU

Jan 3, 2022 · 531 followers View post →
LEMUR Study FIU
@LEMURstudyfiu · X

Horikawa, T., Tamaki, M., Miyawaki, Y., & Kamitani, Y. (2013). Neural decoding of visual imagery during sleep. Science, 340(6132), 639-642. https://t.co/jK1Kz0062L

Nov 1, 2021 · 131 followers View post →
Rosaura Brisuela @roswitta.bsky.social
@Roswitamind · X

Neural Decoding of Visual Imagery During Sleep:https://t.co/nMmisKC9PI

Jul 9, 2021 · 1,281 followers View post →
IamtheWalrus
@IamtheW60512589 · X

(PDF) Neural Decoding of Visual Imagery During Sleep https://t.co/SDzSppOr64

Mar 21, 2021 · 72 followers View post →
IamtheWalrus
@IamtheW60512589 · X

Neural Decoding of Visual Imagery During Sleep | Science https://t.co/Quez87sc3J

Feb 24, 2021 · 72 followers View post →
Ida Momennejad
@criticalneuro · X

@AthenaAkrami Like this 2013 paper? Horikawa, T. et al. Neural decoding of visual imagery during sleep. Science 340, 639–642 (2013).

Feb 14, 2021 · 4 likes · 15,517 followers View post →
d_sake_u
@d_sake_u · X

起きた瞬間に覚えていて報告できる夢の内容は起きる20秒くらい前までの脳の活動としか相関がないらしい（　https://t.co/xJXb0Fx4bT ）

Jan 24, 2021 · 1 like · 996 followers View post →
raswilliEms
@RaswilliEms69 · X

RT @CarolyneMbithe: @obed_semba Neural Decoding of Visual Imagery During Sleep - https://t.co/JCqtOHnZEC

Jan 12, 2021 · 2 shares · 13,513 followers View post →
Bello
@ChemjorBello · X

RT @CarolyneMbithe: @obed_semba Neural Decoding of Visual Imagery During Sleep - https://t.co/JCqtOHnZEC

Jan 12, 2021 · 2 shares · 301 followers View post →
Carolyne Mbithe
@CarolyneMbithe · X

@obed_semba Neural Decoding of Visual Imagery During Sleep - https://t.co/JCqtOHnZEC

Jan 12, 2021 · 5 likes · 2 shares · 10,738 followers View post →
REN TULPA / TULPA.ETH
@ENIXINRI · X

Neural Decoding of Visual Imagery During Sleep https://t.co/ONpohIV7ys

Jun 29, 2020 · 1,152 followers View post →
​​Ravel
@ravelenwynd · X

RT @tibbaroen: japanese lab predicts dream content with 60% accuracy using fmri+deep learning. podcast: https://t.co/3vzHPjQ9MI 10.1126/sci…

Apr 26, 2020 · 9 shares · 484 followers View post →
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@gran1_ly · X

RT @tibbaroen: japanese lab predicts dream content with 60% accuracy using fmri+deep learning. podcast: https://t.co/3vzHPjQ9MI 10.1126/sci…

Apr 25, 2020 · 9 shares · 214 followers View post →
someone
@Saigarich · X

@alexeev_eu @iftf From the same authors there's "Neural Decoding of Visual Imagery During Sleep" 2013 https://t.co/FwxPP45XIq But they had to rely on waking up subjects for confirmation every time.. maybe they'll return to those with new gans for visualization.

Apr 24, 2020 · 1 like · 65 followers View post →
ニューロドクター乱夢
@hichachu · X

Neural Decoding of Visual Imagery During Sleep https://t.co/6mOFAhrty3

Apr 10, 2020 · 4,257 followers View post →
James Bradley Fatchett
@fatchett_james · X

HERE WE MATCH BRAIN ACTIVITY WITH IMAGES "SEEN" OR FORMED (AS DREAMS OR VISUAL IMAGERY). JF Neural Decoding of Visual Imagery During Sleep | Science https://t.co/SLwWXiBPng › content by T Horikawa - 2013 - Cited by 344 - Related articles May 3, 2013 - Here we present a n

Oct 8, 2019 · 57 followers View post →
Yaaqov Mikhael Liu-יעקב מיכאל ליו
@Yaakov_M_Liu · X

@TechnionLive @HebrewU @TelAvivUni @UofHaifa @TechnionT3 @OurCrowd @TechInIsrael @HubTechnion @JerusalemHub @elonmusk @NeurolinkUSA @ItzhakFried @WeizmannScience @WeizmannInstSci @OferYizhar @BrainQ_Tech In the reference: Horikawa T, Tamaki M, Miyawaki Y, et al. Neural decoding of visual imagery during sleep [J]. Science, 2013, 340 (6132): 639-642, the researchers tried to restore the scenes in the dream through fMRI by interpreting the activities of the visual cortex.

Jul 15, 2019 · 616 followers View post →
Yaaqov Mikhael Liu-יעקב מיכאל ליו
@Yaakov_M_Liu · X

In the reference: Horikawa T, Tamaki M, Miyawaki Y, et al. Neural decoding of visual imagery during sleep [J]. Science, 2013, 340 (6132): 639-642, the researchers tried to restore the scenes in the dream through fMRI by interpreting the activities of the visual cortex.

Jul 15, 2019 · 616 followers View post →
ca dit quoi?
@savage_zeh · X

RT @DropOfCuriosity: @OmicZena @dirtybiology Tu as l'article à ce lien : https://t.co/5UpCIXUV1j et une vidéo qui vulgariser plutôt bien la…

Mar 6, 2019 · 1 share · 85 followers View post →
Drop of Curiosity
@DropOfCuriosity · X

@OmicZena @dirtybiology Tu as l'article à ce lien : https://t.co/5UpCIXUV1j et une vidéo qui vulgariser plutôt bien la technique utilisée (en anglais) : https://t.co/gnlA6CCKkj C'est pas un truc de fou ?

Mar 6, 2019 · 1 like · 1 share · 487 followers View post →