Elife June 2020 PMID 32508305

Dreaming with hippocampal damage.

Goffredina Spanò, Gloria Pizzamiglio, Cornelia McCormick, Ian A Clark, Sara De Felice, Thomas D Miller, Jamie O Edgin, Clive R Rosenthal, Eleanor A Maguire

Mentions

62
Peak: 50 in Jun 2020
across 3 sources since Jun 2020

Extended reach

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Total likes

139

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Jun 2020 – May 2024

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What people are saying

The analyses reveal that discussions emphasize the role of the hippocampus in dreaming, noting that hippocampal damage leads to fewer and less detailed dreams, with phrases like 'hippocampal integrity may be necessary for typical dreaming' and 'dreaming without the hippocampus' illustrate strong support and curiosity. The tone is scientific yet accessible, which foster meaningful engagement about the broader implications on memory and sleep research.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most discussions align with the idea that hippocampal damage reduces dreaming and episodic content, supporting the study's findings.

InterestHigh interest

Social discussions demonstrate high curiosity about how dreaming relates to memory and hippocampal function.

EngagementHigh engagement

Posts include references to empirical studies, reviews, and implications, indicating deep engagement with the research.

ImpactModerate impact

The discussions highlight the significance of the findings for understanding dreaming and memory, suggesting moderate impact on neuroscience perspectives.

Abstract in brief

  • The study examined whether people with bilateral hippocampal damage experience normal dreaming by waking them during different sleep stages and recording their reports.
  • Results showed that those with hippocampal damage had fewer dreams, and the dreams they did have were less detailed and episodic, indicating hippocampus may be essential for typical dreaming.
  • These findings suggest that the hippocampus plays a key role in dreaming, similar to its known function in episodic memory, highlighting its importance in maintaining our mental experiences during sleep.

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Neuroskeptic
@Neuro_Skeptic · X

Dreams in people with hippocampal damage: "the few dreams they reported were less episodic-like in nature and lacked content." https://t.co/ygYJ828KiN Riding the oneiric seahorse https://t.co/98VB6dPEdA

Jun 11, 2020 · 62 likes · 18 shares · 232,910 followers View post →
Carsten Finke
@carstenfinke · X

Dreaming without the hippocampus New study in @eLife by Spanò et al and the team of E. Maguire finds that patients with hippocampal damage (due to LGI1 #encephalitis) dream less and with reduced episodic detail. https://t.co/IgORi6bNct

Jun 12, 2020 · 15 likes · 10 shares · 1,931 followers View post →
Blake Richards
@tyrell_turing · X

Dreaming with hippocampal damage - cool looking study from the Maguire lab in eLife: https://t.co/H1LE2I8wpN

Jun 12, 2020 · 12 likes · 15,388 followers View post →
Martin Dresler
@dreslerlab · X

Dream recall after REM and NREM sleep awakenings reduced in patients with hippocampal damage, and the few reported dreams were less episodic-like in nature and lacked content. https://t.co/WxT1uzNivf

Jun 8, 2020 · 12 likes · 4 shares · 1,381 followers View post →
Clive Rosenthal
@clive_rosenthal · X

Accompanying @eLife Insight article by Erin J Wamsley How the brain constructs dreams https://t.co/veAXz1ItHu for new @eLife paper on Dreaming with Hippocampal Damage https://t.co/C3JUnk6rif

Jun 8, 2020 · 12 likes · 4 shares · 340 followers View post →
Brain Products
@Brain_Products · X

What's the connection between memory and dreaming? What role does the hippocampus play? These findings published in @eLife suggest that a healthy hippocampus is necessary for both memory and dreaming, reinforcing the link between the two. https://t.co/fJbbmfCsbT https://t.co/0IH4yo00rt

Jul 24, 2020 · 7 likes · 3,061 followers View post →

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Brain Products
@Brain_Products · X

The #hippocampus is linked to both sleep & memory, but there is debate about whether dreaming requires its input. This study published in @eLife investigated if human patients with hippocampal damage & #amnesia engaged in #dreaming. https://t.co/fJbbmflp9T #SleepResearch https://t.co/Y1DZI9arlL

Sep 7, 2022 · 1 like · 3,061 followers View post →
LatinConnectome
@LConnectome · X

RT @OlmecaB: Dreaming with hippocampal damage Neuroscience EEG Publications 2022 https://t.co/CXgrmzFKRe https://t.co/6jDUQApz8A

Aug 2, 2022 · 2 shares · 167 followers View post →
Olmeca - Brain
@OlmecaB · X

RT @OlmecaB: Dreaming with hippocampal damage Neuroscience EEG Publications 2022 https://t.co/CXgrmzFKRe https://t.co/6jDUQApz8A

Aug 2, 2022 · 2 shares · 183 followers View post →
Olmeca - Brain
@OlmecaB · X

Dreaming with hippocampal damage Neuroscience EEG Publications 2022 https://t.co/CXgrmzFKRe https://t.co/6jDUQApz8A

Aug 2, 2022 · 3 likes · 2 shares · 183 followers View post →
Clive Rosenthal
@clive_rosenthal · X

@carstenfinke @TheLancetNeuro Nice review, though seems to have overlooked two recent empirical papers on sleep and dreaming in chronic phase Anti-LGI1 encephalitis https://t.co/5GBIXNIZv7 https://t.co/C3JUnk6rif

Nov 18, 2020 · 2 likes · 340 followers View post →
Brain Products
@Brain_Products · X

What's the connection between memory and dreaming? What role does the hippocampus play? These findings published in @eLife suggest that a healthy hippocampus is necessary for both memory and dreaming, reinforcing the link between the two. https://t.co/fJbbmfCsbT https://t.co/0IH4yo00rt

Jul 24, 2020 · 7 likes · 3,061 followers View post →
mari wagner
@wags940 · X

RT @carstenfinke: Dreaming without the hippocampus New study in @eLife by Spanò et al and the team of E. Maguire finds that patients with…

Jun 18, 2020 · 10 shares · 236 followers View post →
UCL Discovery
@ucl_discovery · X

Open Access UCL Research: Dreaming with hippocampal damage https://t.co/AjOEWhae9c

Jun 17, 2020 · 2,528 followers View post →
Manoj Doss not exist
@ManojDoss · X

Less dreaming in patients with hippocampal damage. https://t.co/e6Q7UED23B

Jun 14, 2020 · 4 likes · 6,079 followers View post →
Dr. Lidia Sabater
@LidiaSabater1 · X

RT @carstenfinke: Dreaming without the hippocampus New study in @eLife by Spanò et al and the team of E. Maguire finds that patients with…

Jun 14, 2020 · 10 shares · 344 followers View post →
International Autoimmune Encephalitis Society
@ae_society · X

RT @carstenfinke: Dreaming without the hippocampus New study in @eLife by Spanò et al and the team of E. Maguire finds that patients with…

Jun 13, 2020 · 10 shares · 2,255 followers View post →
Cognitive Neurology Lab Berlin
@BerlinCognition · X

RT @carstenfinke: Dreaming without the hippocampus New study in @eLife by Spanò et al and the team of E. Maguire finds that patients with…

Jun 12, 2020 · 10 shares · 956 followers View post →
Hywel Arnold
@247ofthat · X

RT @carstenfinke: Dreaming without the hippocampus New study in @eLife by Spanò et al and the team of E. Maguire finds that patients with…

Jun 12, 2020 · 10 shares · 148 followers View post →
Clive Rosenthal
@clive_rosenthal · X

RT @carstenfinke: Dreaming without the hippocampus New study in @eLife by Spanò et al and the team of E. Maguire finds that patients with…

Jun 12, 2020 · 10 shares · 340 followers View post →
Blake Richards
@tyrell_turing · X

Dreaming with hippocampal damage - cool looking study from the Maguire lab in eLife: https://t.co/H1LE2I8wpN

Jun 12, 2020 · 12 likes · 15,388 followers View post →
Max Planck School of Cognition
@MPS_cog · X

RT @carstenfinke: Dreaming without the hippocampus New study in @eLife by Spanò et al and the team of E. Maguire finds that patients with…

Jun 12, 2020 · 10 shares · 3,429 followers View post →
Tom Pollak
@tompollak · X

RT @carstenfinke: Dreaming without the hippocampus New study in @eLife by Spanò et al and the team of E. Maguire finds that patients with…

Jun 12, 2020 · 10 shares · 5,296 followers View post →
Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
@CogNPsychiatry · X

RT @carstenfinke: Dreaming without the hippocampus New study in @eLife by Spanò et al and the team of E. Maguire finds that patients with…

Jun 12, 2020 · 10 shares · 2,691 followers View post →
Tim Nicholson
@Tim_R_Nicholson · X

RT @carstenfinke: Dreaming without the hippocampus New study in @eLife by Spanò et al and the team of E. Maguire finds that patients with…

Jun 12, 2020 · 10 shares · 3,773 followers View post →
Keeves
@KikiMilis · X

RT @Neuro_Skeptic: Dreams in people with hippocampal damage: "the few dreams they reported were less episodic-like in nature and lacked con…

Jun 12, 2020 · 18 shares · 22 followers View post →
Carsten Finke
@carstenfinke · X

Dreaming without the hippocampus New study in @eLife by Spanò et al and the team of E. Maguire finds that patients with hippocampal damage (due to LGI1 #encephalitis) dream less and with reduced episodic detail. https://t.co/IgORi6bNct

Jun 12, 2020 · 15 likes · 10 shares · 1,931 followers View post →
Lorretto Cunningham
@LorrettoC · X

RT @Neuro_Skeptic: Dreams in people with hippocampal damage: "the few dreams they reported were less episodic-like in nature and lacked con…

Jun 12, 2020 · 18 shares · 164 followers View post →
Bryce Brown
@managingbrains · X

RT @Neuro_Skeptic: Dreams in people with hippocampal damage: "the few dreams they reported were less episodic-like in nature and lacked con…

Jun 12, 2020 · 18 shares · 64 followers View post →
Julien Modolo
@Neuromaths · X

RT @Neuro_Skeptic: Dreams in people with hippocampal damage: "the few dreams they reported were less episodic-like in nature and lacked con…

Jun 12, 2020 · 18 shares · 241 followers View post →
Alan (Zig) St Clair Gibson
@ziggibson · X

RT @Neuro_Skeptic: Dreams in people with hippocampal damage: "the few dreams they reported were less episodic-like in nature and lacked con…

Jun 11, 2020 · 18 shares · 2,190 followers View post →
Tony Yousefnezhad
@myousefnezhad · X

RT @Neuro_Skeptic: Dreams in people with hippocampal damage: "the few dreams they reported were less episodic-like in nature and lacked con…

Jun 11, 2020 · 18 shares · 183 followers View post →
Maite Garolera
@maitegarolera · X

RT @Neuro_Skeptic: Dreams in people with hippocampal damage: "the few dreams they reported were less episodic-like in nature and lacked con…

Jun 11, 2020 · 18 shares · 822 followers View post →
Cairnburraquine
@Leonteev · X

RT @Neuro_Skeptic: Dreams in people with hippocampal damage: "the few dreams they reported were less episodic-like in nature and lacked con…

Jun 11, 2020 · 18 shares · 34 followers View post →
Rahe
@flowerofmemory · X

RT @Neuro_Skeptic: Dreams in people with hippocampal damage: "the few dreams they reported were less episodic-like in nature and lacked con…

Jun 11, 2020 · 18 shares · 1,839 followers View post →
Dr. Sophie G. Elschner (@sophieelschner.bsky.soci)
@SophieElschner · X

RT @Neuro_Skeptic: Dreams in people with hippocampal damage: "the few dreams they reported were less episodic-like in nature and lacked con…

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Ulrich Ettinger
@ulrichettinger · X

RT @Neuro_Skeptic: Dreams in people with hippocampal damage: "the few dreams they reported were less episodic-like in nature and lacked con…

Jun 11, 2020 · 18 shares · 1,451 followers View post →
Rosaura Brisuela @roswitta.bsky.social
@Roswitamind · X

RT @Neuro_Skeptic: Dreams in people with hippocampal damage: "the few dreams they reported were less episodic-like in nature and lacked con…

Jun 11, 2020 · 18 shares · 1,283 followers View post →
Daniel Reznik
@reznikdan · X

RT @Neuro_Skeptic: Dreams in people with hippocampal damage: "the few dreams they reported were less episodic-like in nature and lacked con…

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Keisuke Suzuki @ksks.bsky.social
@ksk_S · X

RT @Neuro_Skeptic: Dreams in people with hippocampal damage: "the few dreams they reported were less episodic-like in nature and lacked con…

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Luqman Rusli
@LuqmanRusli · X

RT @Neuro_Skeptic: Dreams in people with hippocampal damage: "the few dreams they reported were less episodic-like in nature and lacked con…

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Dr Maria Panagiotidi
@mariapage · X

RT @Neuro_Skeptic: Dreams in people with hippocampal damage: "the few dreams they reported were less episodic-like in nature and lacked con…

Jun 11, 2020 · 18 shares · 3,775 followers View post →
Mokae Center for Combat Parapsychology
@CombatParapsych · X

RT @german_sierra: Dreaming With Hippocampal Damage via @Neuro_Skeptic https://t.co/TIqbsahZwL

Jun 11, 2020 · 1 share · 325 followers View post →
Germán Sierra
@german_sierra · X

Dreaming With Hippocampal Damage via @Neuro_Skeptic https://t.co/TIqbsahZwL

Jun 11, 2020 · 2 likes · 1 share · 4,639 followers View post →
Edurne RG
@edurne_RG · X

RT @Neuro_Skeptic: Dreams in people with hippocampal damage: "the few dreams they reported were less episodic-like in nature and lacked con…

Jun 11, 2020 · 18 shares · 279 followers View post →
Neuroskeptic
@Neuro_Skeptic · X

Dreams in people with hippocampal damage: "the few dreams they reported were less episodic-like in nature and lacked content." https://t.co/ygYJ828KiN Riding the oneiric seahorse https://t.co/98VB6dPEdA

Jun 11, 2020 · 62 likes · 18 shares · 232,910 followers View post →
Brain and Sleep Research Laboratory
@bsrlaboratory · X

Dreaming with hippocampal damage https://t.co/Ey5rc7OYyl

Jun 11, 2020 · 1 like · 675 followers View post →
Monika Schönauer
@m_schoenauer · X

RT @m_dresler: Dream recall after REM and NREM sleep awakenings reduced in patients with hippocampal damage, and the few reported dreams we…

Jun 9, 2020 · 4 shares · 1,490 followers View post →
Jakke Tamminen
@JakkeTamminen · X

RT @m_dresler: Dream recall after REM and NREM sleep awakenings reduced in patients with hippocampal damage, and the few reported dreams we…

Jun 9, 2020 · 4 shares · 384 followers View post →
Kato
@oxkawaka · X

Dreaming with hippocampal damage 夢を見るためには https://t.co/zDV3cKeDYj

Jun 9, 2020 · 1 like · 5,808 followers View post →
Vlad Vyazovskiy
@VVyazovskiy · X

RT @clive_rosenthal: Accompanying @eLife Insight article by Erin J Wamsley How the brain constructs dreams https://t.co/veAXz1ItHu for…

Jun 9, 2020 · 4 shares · 2,306 followers View post →
Achilles
@AchilleasP24 · X

RT @m_dresler: Dream recall after REM and NREM sleep awakenings reduced in patients with hippocampal damage, and the few reported dreams we…

Jun 9, 2020 · 4 shares · 106 followers View post →
David Soto
@d_soto_b · X

RT @clive_rosenthal: Accompanying @eLife Insight article by Erin J Wamsley How the brain constructs dreams https://t.co/veAXz1ItHu for…

Jun 8, 2020 · 4 shares · 1,540 followers View post →
Anaclet Lab
@anaclet_lab · X

RT @giu_bernardi: Dreaming with hippocampal damage: "hippocampal integrity may be necessary for typical dreaming to occur" https://t.co/hoX…

Jun 8, 2020 · 1 share · 274 followers View post →
Giulio Bernardi
@giu_bernardi · X

Dreaming with hippocampal damage: "hippocampal integrity may be necessary for typical dreaming to occur" https://t.co/hoXWJorTY0

Jun 8, 2020 · 2 likes · 1 share · 922 followers View post →
Enzo Tagliazucchi
@ETagliazucchi · X

RT @m_dresler: Dream recall after REM and NREM sleep awakenings reduced in patients with hippocampal damage, and the few reported dreams we…

Jun 8, 2020 · 4 shares · 12,046 followers View post →
Suhnylla Kler
@SuhnyllaKler · X

RT @clive_rosenthal: Accompanying @eLife Insight article by Erin J Wamsley How the brain constructs dreams https://t.co/veAXz1ItHu for…

Jun 8, 2020 · 4 shares · 1,562 followers View post →
Clive Rosenthal
@clive_rosenthal · X

Accompanying @eLife Insight article by Erin J Wamsley How the brain constructs dreams https://t.co/veAXz1ItHu for new @eLife paper on Dreaming with Hippocampal Damage https://t.co/C3JUnk6rif

Jun 8, 2020 · 12 likes · 4 shares · 340 followers View post →
Martin Dresler
@dreslerlab · X

Dream recall after REM and NREM sleep awakenings reduced in patients with hippocampal damage, and the few reported dreams were less episodic-like in nature and lacked content. https://t.co/WxT1uzNivf

Jun 8, 2020 · 12 likes · 4 shares · 1,381 followers View post →
Duncan Lab
@duncanlabUofT · X

RT @clive_rosenthal: New paper in @elife Dreaming with hippocampal damage w/ Eleanor Maguire, @goffredina, @gpizzamiglio, Conny McCormick…

Jun 8, 2020 · 2 shares · 914 followers View post →
Ian Clark
@ianclark_memory · X

RT @clive_rosenthal: New paper in @elife Dreaming with hippocampal damage w/ Eleanor Maguire, @goffredina, @gpizzamiglio, Conny McCormick…

Jun 8, 2020 · 2 shares · 396 followers View post →
Clive Rosenthal
@clive_rosenthal · X

New paper in @elife Dreaming with hippocampal damage w/ Eleanor Maguire, @goffredina, @gpizzamiglio, Conny McCormick, @ianclark_memory, Sara De Felice, Tom Miller, & @jamieedgin https://t.co/C3JUnk6rif

Jun 8, 2020 · 3 likes · 2 shares · 340 followers View post →