Research Interests

Performance and subjective effects of sleep loss; functions of sleep, dreaming, and consciousness; personality correlates of dream recall; cognitive psychology of dreaming; treatment and causes of nightmares; measurement and correlates of interrogative suggestibility.

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Selected Publications

Fisher, S. Lewis, K.E., Bartle, I., Ghosal, R., Davies, L. & Blagrove, M. (2011). Emotional content of dreams in obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome patients and sleepy snorers attending a sleep-disordered breathing clinic. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 7, 69-74.

Blagrove, M., Henley-Einion, J., Barnett, A., Edwards, D. & Seage, C.H. (2011). A replication of the 5-7 day dream-lag effect with comparison of dreams to future events as control for baseline matching. Consciousness and Cognition, 20, 384–391.

Blagrove, M., Seddon, J., George, S., Parrott, A.C., Stickgold, R., Walker M.P., Jones, K.A. & Morgan, M.J. (2011). Procedural and declarative memory task performance, and the memory consolidation function of sleep, in recent and abstinent ecstasy/MDMA users. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 25, 465-477.

Blagrove, M., Fouquet, N.C., Henley-Einion, J.A., Pace-Schott, E.F., Davies, A.C., Neuschaffer, J.L., & Oliver H. Turnbull, O.H. (2011). Assessing the dream-lag effect for REM and NREM stage 2 dreams. PLoS ONE, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026708.

Blagrove, M., Fouquet, N.C., Baird, A.L., Pace-Schott, E.F., Davies, A.C., Neuschaffer, J.L., Henley-Einion, J.A., Weidemann, C.T., Thome, J., McNamara, P., & Turnbull, O.H. (2012). Association of salivary assessed oxytocin and cortisol levels with time of night and sleep stage. Journal of Neural Transmission, 119, 1223-1232.