The Laboratory

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.