The continuity between waking-life musical activities and music dreams.

Abstract

As expressed in anecdotal reports, dreams have provided inspiration to both classical and popular musicians. According to the continuity hypothesis, engaging in music activities in the daytime should be related to the occurrence of music dreams. One-hundred and 44 participants (mostly psychology students, music students, and choir members) were asked to complete questionnaires about music-related waking-life activities and music in dreams. As expected, the amount of time invested in music activities during the day is directly related to the percentage of music dreams, thereby confirming the continuity hypothesis. Also, composing music in waking-life is related to a higher frequency of dreams with new music. Due to possible recall biases regarding retrospective measures for eliciting the percentage of music dreams, future research should follow up this study by using dream diaries in larger samples.

Influence of music on the level of physical fitness of the students practicing rugby (rugby players students)

“…We explain the efficiency of music with the use of means activating limbic system [37,38]. Such means is music.…”

Music in dreams: A diary study

“…This significant difference in music dream frequency between musicians and non-musicians (Uga et al, 2006) supported the continuity hypothesis of dreaming. The percentage of dreams with music was directly related to the total time spent on musical activities in waking life in one study (Vogelsang et al, 2016) but not in two other studies (Kern et al, 2014;Uga et al, 2006). A large-scale survey (König et al, 2018) with 1,966 participants showed that the amount of time playing an instrument and/or singing as well as actively listening to music (in contrast to passively listening to music while doing something else) was related to the percentage of music dreams, indicating that the non-significant findings of the smaller studies (Kern et al, 2014;Uga et al, 2006) have to be interpreted carefully.…”

“…The frequency of music in dreams has been investigated using different methodological approaches. Using retrospective estimates, music-related dreams have been reported in between 6 and 12% of all remembered dreams (Kern et al, 2014;Schredl, Berres, Klingauf, Schellhaas, & Göritz, 2015;Vogelsang, Anold, Schormann, Wübbelmann, & Schredl, 2016). A dream diary study with additional questions about the occurrence of music in dreams yielded a music dream frequency of 20% for non-musicians and 40% for musicians (Uga, Lemut, Zampi, Zilli, & Salzarulo, 2006).…”

Work-Related Dreams: An Online Survey

“…One of the factors is the time spent with a particular waking-life activity, e.g., sports students dream more often about sports than psychology students [9,10], political science students dream more often about politics than other students [11], and music students dream more often about music than other students [12]. Another example is that students who are driving a lot during the day dream more often about driving [13], and the time spent consuming different types of media is related to the percentage of media-related dreams [14].…”