Publications
Upcoming
1. Konkoly, K.R., Morris, J.D., Hurka, K., Sanders, K., & Paller, K.A. (2026). Experimentally provoking dreams of unsolved puzzles during REM sleep boosts creative problem solving. Neuroscience of Consciousness. In press.
2025
2. Konkoly, K.R., Al-Youssef, S., Mazurak, C., Mallet, R., Morris, D., Gales, A., Arnulf, I. Oudiette, D. & Paller, K.A. (2025). Using real-time reporting to investigate visual experiences in dreams. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. In press. [PDF]
3. Konkoly, K.R., Morris, D., Cho, M., Hurka, K., Torres-Platas, S. G., Baehr, L., & Paller, K. A. (2025). Investigating dreams by strategically presenting sounds during REM sleep to reactivate waking experiences. Neuropsychologia, 109229. [PDF]
4. Morris, D., Elliott, B., Torres-Platas, G., Wall, J., Demšar, E., Konkoly, K., Rosman, E., Grabowecky, M., Glowacki, D., & Paller, K.A. (2025). Lucid dreaming of a prior virtual-reality experience with ego-transcendent qualities: A proof-of-concept study. Neuroscience of Consciousness, 1, niaf017. [PDF]
5. Wong, W., … Konkoly, K.R.,… Tsuchiya, N. (2025). DREAM: A dream EEG and mentation database. Nature Communications. In press. [PDF]
2024
6. Mallett, R., Konkoly, K.R., Carr, M., Nielsen, T. & Paller, K.A. (2024). New strategies for the cognitive science of dreaming. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. In press. [PDF]
7. Mundt, J.M., Pruiksma, K., Konkoly, K.R., Casiello-Robbins, C., Nadorff, M., Franklin, R.C., Karanth, S., Byskosh, N., Morris, D., Torres-Platas, S.G., Mallett, R., Maski, K., & Paller, K.A. (2024). Treating narcolepsy-related nightmares with cognitive behavioral therapy and targeted lucidity reactivation: A pilot study. Journal of Sleep Research, e14384. [PDF]
8. Konkoly, K.R*, Whitmore, N.*, Mallett, R., Mazurek, C., & Paller, K. A. (2024). Provoking lucid dreams at home with sensory cues paired with pre-sleep cognitive training. Consciousness and Cognition, 125, 103759.*These authors contributed equally to the work. [PDF]
9. Wolk N., Morris, D., Nahas, Y., Konkoly, K.R., Carr, M., Paller, K.A., Mallett, R. (2024). Lucid dreams from reactivating breath-counting during REM sleep. International Journal of Dream Research, 17, 1-4.[PDF]
2023
10. Carr, M., Konkoly, K.R., Mallett, R., Edwards, C., Appel, K., & Blagrove, M. (2023). Combining presleep cognitive training and REM-sleep stimulation in a laboratory morning nap for lucid dream induction. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 10(4), 413. [PDF]
11. Konkoly, K.R., Picard-Deland, C., Morris, D., Mallett, R. (2023). Dreaming outside the box: Evidence for memory abstraction in REM sleep. Journal of Neuroscience. [PDF]
12. Picard-Deland, C., Konkoly, K.R., Raider, R., Paller, K., Niesen, T., Pigeon, W., Carr, M. (2023). The memory sources of dreams: a serial awakenings study across sleep stages and time of night. SLEEP, 46, 1-13. [PDF]
13. Greco, V., Bergamo, D., Cuoccio, P., Konkoly, K.R., Lombardo, K, M., & Lewis, P. (2023). Wearing an eye mask during overnight sleep improves episodic learning and alertness. SLEEP, 46, 1-8. [PDF]
a. Greco, V., Bergamo, D., Cuoccio, P., Konkoly, K.R., Lombardo, K, M., & Lewis, P. (2023). Letter to the Editor: a response to the comment from Rhodes. SLEEP, zsad148. [PDF]
2022
14. Mallett, R., Sowin, L, Raider, R., Konkoly, K.R., & Paller, K.A. (2022). Benefits and concerns of seeking and experiencing lucid dreams: benefits are tied to successful induction and dream control. Sleep Advances, 3, 1-12. [PDF]
2021
15. Konkoly, K.R.*, Appel, K.*, Chabani, E.,* Mangiaruga, A.*, Gott, J.*, Mallett, R., Caughran, B.,, Witkowski, S., Whitmore, N. W., Mazurek, C. Y., Berent, J.B., Weber, F. D., Türker, B., Leu-Semenescu, S., Maranci, J.B., Pipa, G.**, Arnulf, I.**, Oudiette, D.**, Dresler, M.** & Paller, K.A.**. (2021). Real-time dialogue between experimenters and dreamers during REM sleep. *co first authors; **co last authors. Current Biology, 31, 1417-1427. [PDF]
2020
16. Mallett, R., Carr, M., Freegard M., Konkoly, K.R., Bradshaw C. & Schredl, M. (2020). Exploring the range of reported dream lucidity. Philosophy and the Mind Sciences, 2, 1-23. [PDF]
17. Stocks, A., Carr, M., Mallett, R., Konkoly, K.R., Hicks, A., Crawford, M., Schredl, M. & Bradshaw, C. (2020). Dream lucidity is associated with positive waking mood. Consciousness and Cognition, 83, 102971. [PDF]
2019
18. Konkoly, K.R. & Burke, C. (2019). Can learning to lucid dream promote personal growth? Dreaming, 29, 113-126. [PDF]