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Tore Nielsen

ResearcherPsychiatry and AddictionUniversité de Montréal

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Tore Nielsen

Researcher

Psychiatry and Addiction

Université de Montréal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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2 publications in the last five years, latest in 2024.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (6 NSERC, 1 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2024.
Supervisor on 2 trainee awards (2 CIHR), most recently in 2013.

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Research

rem sleep sleep-learning dreaming targeted memory reactivation sleep-dependent memory polysomnography temporal processes learning

Latest papers

New strategies for the cognitive science of dreaming.
Trends in cognitive sciences · 2024
The memory sources of dreams: serial awakenings across sleep stages and time of night.
Sleep · 2023
Whole-body procedural learning benefits from targeted memory reactivation in REM sleep and task-related dreaming.
Neurobiology of learning and memory · 2021 · senior author

All 40 publications

Latest funding

The dream of sleep-learning: unravelling the short- and long-term effects of targeted memory reactivation in REM sleep
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$46,000
An assembly-line model of sleep, dreaming and memory enhancement: investigating the coordinated roles of REM and nonREM sleep in human memory consolidation
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$282,000
Le circuit cérébral de la peur: Imagerie TEMP à haute densité du sommeil paradoxal en SSPT et en Trouble de Cauchemars
CIHR · 2013 · Supervisor
$17,500

All 12 grants and awards

40 publications.

New strategies for the cognitive science of dreaming.

Mallett R, Konkoly KR, Nielsen T, Carr M, Paller KA

Trends in cognitive sciences2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.10.004 PMID: 39500684

The memory sources of dreams: serial awakenings across sleep stages and time of night.

Picard-Deland C, Konkoly K, Raider R, Paller KA, Nielsen T, Pigeon WR, Carr M

Sleep2023

DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsac292 PMID: 36462190

Whole-body procedural learning benefits from targeted memory reactivation in REM sleep and task-related dreaming.

Picard-Deland C, Aumont T, Samson-Richer A, Paquette T, Nielsen T

Neurobiology of learning and memory2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2021.107460 PMID: 34015442

Local Neuronal Synchronization in Frequent Nightmare Recallers and Healthy Controls: A Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.

Marquis LP, Julien SH, Daneault V, Blanchette-Carrière C, Paquette T, Carr M, Soucy JP, Montplaisir J, Nielsen T

Frontiers in neuroscience2021Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.645255 PMID: 33815047

Flying dreams stimulated by an immersive virtual reality task.

Picard-Deland C, Pastor M, Solomonova E, Paquette T, Nielsen T

Consciousness and cognition2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2020.102958 PMID: 32674062

Attempted induction of signalled lucid dreaming by transcranial alternating current stimulation.

Blanchette-Carrière C, Julien SH, Picard-Deland C, Bouchard M, Carrier J, Paquette T, Nielsen T

Consciousness and cognition2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2020.102957 PMID: 32534325

Rapid eye movements are reduced in blind individuals.

Christensen JAE, Aubin S, Nielsen T, Ptito M, Kupers R, Jennum P

Journal of sleep research2019

DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12866 PMID: 31025801

Aetiology and treatment of nightmare disorder: State of the art and future perspectives.

Gieselmann A, Ait Aoudia M, Carr M, Germain A, Gorzka R, Holzinger B, Kleim B, Krakow B, Kunze AE, Lancee J, Nadorff MR, Nielsen T, Riemann D, Sandahl H, Schlarb AA, Schmid C, Schredl M, Spoormaker VI, Steil R, van Schagen AM, Wittmann L, Zschoche M, Pietrowsky R

Journal of sleep research2019

DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12820 PMID: 30697860

Early childhood adversity associations with nightmare severity and sleep spindles.

Nielsen T, Carr M, Picard-Deland C, Marquis LP, Saint-Onge K, Blanchette-Carrière C, Paquette T

Sleep medicine2019First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.03.004 PMID: 30952579

Sleep spindles are altered in early- but not late-onset nightmare recallers.

Picard-Deland C, Carr M, Paquette T, Nielsen T

Sleep medicine2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2018.07.015 PMID: 30218785

The dream of sleep-learning: unravelling the short- and long-term effects of targeted memory reactivation in REM sleep

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Nielsen, Tore

Keywords: rem sleep; sleep-learning; dreaming; targeted memory reactivation; sleep-dependent memory; polysomnography; temporal processes; learning; memory; cognition

$46,000

An assembly-line model of sleep, dreaming and memory enhancement: investigating the coordinated roles of REM and nonREM sleep in human memory consolidation

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Nielsen, Tore

$282,000

Le circuit cérébral de la peur: Imagerie TEMP à haute densité du sommeil paradoxal en SSPT et en Trouble de Cauchemars

SupervisorCIHR2013Master's Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Lamoureux-Tremblay, Vickie

Keywords: Circuit De La Peur; Conditionnement De Peur Et Extinction; Dimorphisme Sexuel; Hormones De Stress; Mémoire Émotionnelle; Sommeil Paradoxal; Sspt Sous Clinique; Syndrome Du Stress Post-Traumatique; Système De Neuro-Imagerie Temp; Trouble Du Cauchemar Idiopatique

$17,500

The role of dreaming in REM and NREM sleep-dependent memory functions

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Nielsen, Tore

$20,423

The role of dreaming in REM and NREM sleep-dependent memory functions

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Nielsen, Tore

$235,000

The neuro-circuitry of terror: High resolution SPECT imaging of REM sleep in PTSD and Nightmare Disorder

Nominated PICIHR2011Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Nielsen, Tore A; Soucy, Jean-Paul

Keywords: Dreaming; Fear; Neurophysiology; Nightmare Disorder; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (Ptsd); Rem Sleep; Sleep Disorders; Spect Imaging

$677,746

Alexithymie et appauvrissement onirique chez des populations cliniques souffrant d'insomnie, de somnambulisme ou de cauchemars.

SupervisorCIHR2009Master's Award: Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Levrier, Katia

Keywords: Alexithymie; Insomnie; Parasomnies; Rêves; Troubles Du Sommeil; Troubles Emotionels

$17,500

What are the memory sources of dreams: development of self-observational and text-mining methods to assess the effects of virtual environment exposure on dreaming

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Nielsen, Tore A.

Keywords: dreaming; dream function; cognition; emotion; self-observation; content analysis; internet research; memory; text-mining; media exposure; virtual reality

$142,758

REM sleep determinants of mentation reported from NREM sleep: further tests of the covert-REM model

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Nielsen, Tore

$119,045

Impact of cognitive representation of illness on subjective distress, coping behaviour and treatment adherence

Co-investigatorSSHRC2002Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: O'Connor, Kieron P.

Keywords: illness representation; qualitative methods; self-regulation; coping; psychological distress; adherence to treatment

$98,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Tore Nielsen

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

New strategies for the cognitive science of dreaming.

The memory sources of dreams: serial awakenings across sleep stages and time of night.

Whole-body procedural learning benefits from targeted memory reactivation in REM sleep and task-related dreaming.

Local Neuronal Synchronization in Frequent Nightmare Recallers and Healthy Controls: A Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.

Flying dreams stimulated by an immersive virtual reality task.

Attempted induction of signalled lucid dreaming by transcranial alternating current stimulation.

Rapid eye movements are reduced in blind individuals.

Aetiology and treatment of nightmare disorder: State of the art and future perspectives.

Early childhood adversity associations with nightmare severity and sleep spindles.

Sleep spindles are altered in early- but not late-onset nightmare recallers.

The dream of sleep-learning: unravelling the short- and long-term effects of targeted memory reactivation in REM sleep

An assembly-line model of sleep, dreaming and memory enhancement: investigating the coordinated roles of REM and nonREM sleep in human memory consolidation

Le circuit cérébral de la peur: Imagerie TEMP à haute densité du sommeil paradoxal en SSPT et en Trouble de Cauchemars

The role of dreaming in REM and NREM sleep-dependent memory functions

The role of dreaming in REM and NREM sleep-dependent memory functions

The neuro-circuitry of terror: High resolution SPECT imaging of REM sleep in PTSD and Nightmare Disorder

Alexithymie et appauvrissement onirique chez des populations cliniques souffrant d'insomnie, de somnambulisme ou de cauchemars.

What are the memory sources of dreams: development of self-observational and text-mining methods to assess the effects of virtual environment exposure on dreaming

REM sleep determinants of mentation reported from NREM sleep: further tests of the covert-REM model

Impact of cognitive representation of illness on subjective distress, coping behaviour and treatment adherence

Frequent collaborators

Elizaveta Solomonova

Jacques Montplaisir

Maurice Ptito

Michelle Carr

Nadia Gosselin

Julie Carrier

Jean-Paul Soucy