The RUHMER is a laboratory of the Faculty of Medicine of the Istanbul Medipol University working on cutting-edge research within Dream, Sleep, and Hypnosis.
The laboratory started in 2018 with our director Professor Ağargün and seven researchers.
Mission:
Our mission is to produce benefits for society and medicine by conducting psychological, physiological and neurobiological research in the fields of dreams, sleep and hypnosis; To produce original and qualified scientific knowledge and to train research scientists in these fields.
Vision:
Our vision is to be a leading center that aims to provide biopsychosocial well-being through studies in the fields of dream, sleep and hypnosis.
Our research on sleep focuses on:
- neural mechanisms underlying sleep and wakefulness
- the relationship of sleep with emotion, cognition, memory, and metabolism
- the association between sleep patterns and neurodegenerative diseases
- the relationship between healthy cognitive aging and sleep
- circadian rhythm, sleep, and mood
- napping and its effects on cognition, memory, and mood
- the effects of caffeine on sleep
On dream, we investigate:
- the content of dreams and its effects on the daily life of the dreamer
- electrophysiological correlates of different kinds of dreams, like big dreams
Concerning hypnosis, we study on:
- the behavioral, cognitive and neural correlates of hypnosis
- hypnotic dreams and their therapeutic effects
- the modeling of hypnotic confabulation
Furthermore, we particularly interest in critical analytical thinking.