D éjà-rêvé: Prior dreams induced by direct electrical brain stimulation

Epileptic patients sometimes report experiential phenomena related to a previous dream they had during seizures or electrical brain stimulation (EBS). This has been alluded to in the literature as “déjà-rêvé” (“already dreamed”). However, there is no neuroscientific evidence to support its existence and this concept is commonly mixed up with déjà-vu. We hypothesized that déjà-rêvé would be a specific entity, i.e., different from other experiential phenomena reported in epile ptic patients, induced by EBS of specific brain areas.

Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - February 24, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Jonathan Curot, Luc Valton, Marie Denuelle, Jean-Pierre Vignal, Louis Maillard, J érémie Pariente, Agnès Trébuchon, Fabrice Bartolomei, Emmanuel J. Barbeau Source Type: research