Talk:Mark Blagrove/Archive 1

Suggested changes, 26 April 2020
Not sure if this is the right place to suggest minor amendments,but can I suggest the following.

1. This suggestion occurs because the term 'dream-lag' was already present in the literature and so best not to imply that Blagrove coined the term. Suggest to change "One of Blagrove's more important findings is what he terms the "dream-lag effect". to "One of Blagrove's more important series of findings concerns the "dream-lag effect".

2. Can a ResearchGate link please be added to external links https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mark_Blagrove

3. Can the following please be amended as present wording might imply that post is temporary or that there are plans to leave Swansea! First line of biography: "He currently works as a professor of psychology at Swansea University...." suggested change to "He is a professor of psychology at Swansea University...."

and in paragraph 3 of Career Suggested change of "Blagrove currently works as a full professor of psychology,...." to "Blagrove is a full professor of psychology, ...." 4. To clarify 3rd paragraph of Dreaming, metaphor... section. Suggestion is to clarify that the 2020 study used Hill's method of assessing Gains from Dream Interpretation (it is her Gains from Dream Interpretation questionnaire) but did not use her psychotherapeutic method of discussing dreams. Blagrove is not trained in that method, and doesn't use it, and only uses Hill's method of assessing effects of dream discussion, and not her method of conducting dream discussion.

Suggested change "A third study in 2020, assessing Exploration-Insight scores (a psychotherapeutic method proposed in 1996 by Clara Hill in Working with Dreams in Psychotherapy) in REM dreams, non-REM dreams...." change to "A third study in 2020, assessing Exploration-Insight scores (a measure of Gains in Dream Interpretation proposed in 1996 by Clara Hill in Working with Dreams in Psychotherapy) following discussion of REM dreams, non-REM dreams...."

Thank you. M.t.blagrove (talk) 12:11, 26 April 2020 (UTC) Mark Blagrove


 * ✅: Many thanks for these useful and clear suggestions, Professor Blagrove. I've made changes to the article.  Esowteric + Talk  12:26, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Suggested changes, 30 August 2020
New notes 30th August 2020 Thank you. I have seen that Swansea University have changed the URL for the Profile. Could it please be changed to https://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/human-and-health-sciences/allstaff/m.t.blagrove/

Also, a typo, which was my fault. In the section Dreaming, metaphor, insight, and memory consolidation Three lines from the bottom Please change Clare Hill to Clara Hill

Second typo In the following please change 2020 to 2019 Blagrove, M.; Edwards, C.; van Rijn, E.; Reid, A.; Malinowski, J.; Bennett, P.; Carr, M.; Eichenlaub, J.; McGee, S.; Evans, K.; Ruby, P. (2020 change to 2019). "Insight from the consideration of REM dreams, non-REM dreams, and daydreams". Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice. American Psychological Association. 6 (2): 138–162. doi:10.1037/cns0000167

And please change 2020 to 2019 and add author initials for the following paper: Schredl, M., Struck, V.S., Schwert, V., Blei, M., Henley-Einion, J., Blagrove, M. (2019). Gender Differences in the Dream Content of Children and Adolescents: The UK Library Study. The American Journal of Psychology, 132, 315-324.

And it would be good to add the following new paper if possible: Carr, M., Konkoly, K., Mallett, R., Edwards, C., Appel, K., & Blagrove, M. (2020). Combining presleep cognitive training and REM-sleep stimulation in a laboratory morning nap for lucid dream induction.. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 7 https://doi.org/10.1037/cns0000227

Thank you. 81.104.160.203 (talk) 21:50, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

✅: Thanks, I've made these useful changes. Though the latest 2020 journal entry has a DOI, I see that there is no issue number or page range. Regards,  Esowteric + Talk  08:23, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Suggested changes, 11 May 2021
Thank you I have some suggested additions

Suggested amendment to education section 1 Graduate Certificate in Humanistic and Psychodynamic Counselling, Goldsmiths, University of London, academic year 2019-2020. https://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/human-and-health-sciences/psychology/blagrove-m/

Suggested new subsection 3.2, after subsection 3.1 Suggestibility 3.2 Sensory Processing Sensitivity In humans high Sensory Processing Sensitivity refers to greater responsivity to stimuli, slower, deeper processing, aesthetic sensitivity, and low threshold for sensory discomfort 1. It is measured by the Highly Sensitive Person Scale 1. Blagrove and colleagues have shown that score on the HSPS correlates significantly with ability to detect spoken words that are present but degraded in auditory stimuli 1. Sensory Processing Sensitivity has been shown by Blagrove and colleagues to be a predisposing factor for nightmares 2.

1  Williams, J., Carr, M., & Blagrove, M. (2021). Sensory Processing Sensitivity: Associations with the detection of real degraded stimuli, and reporting of illusory stimuli and paranormal experiences. Personality and Individual Differences, 177, 110807 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110807 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886921001823

2 Carr, M., Matthews, E., Williams, J., & Blagrove, M. (2021). Testing the theory of Differential Susceptibility to nightmares: The interaction of Sensory Processing Sensitivity with the relationship of low mental wellbeing to nightmare frequency and nightmare distress. Journal of Sleep Research, 30, e13200. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13200 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jsr.13200

Suggested addition to section 4 DreamsID In October 2020 and January 2021 Blagrove and Lockheart 4 held online events to commemorate the 120th anniversaries of Sigmund Freud’s patient Dora [link to Wikipedia Dora case study page] telling two dreams to Freud. The first dream was of being rescued from a burning house by her father, the second was of travelling to her father’s funeral 3. The aim of the events was to discuss with expert panel and worldwide audience how Dora’s two dreams could be related to her distressing family circumstances 4,5. The two dreams were painted by Lockheart during the discussions. 4

3 Freud, Sigmund. (1905/1977). Fragments of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria (“Dora”). The Pelican Freud Library, Vol. 8, Penguin Books.

4 Julia Lockheart and Mark Blagrove (2021). DreamsID events: Painting of the two dreams that Dora told Freud. DreamTime magazine, a publication of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, Spring 2021, page 35. https://www.asdreams.org/dreamtime-articles-online/ https://www.asdreams.org/IASD/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/author-copy-blagrove-spring-2021-dreamtime.pdf 5 Decker, H.S. (1991). Freud, Dora, and Vienna 1900. New York: Macmillan.

M.t.blagrove (talk) 16:25, 11 May 2021 (UTC)


 * ✅: Many thanks once again. Have made these useful additions. Regards,  Esowteric +  Talk  +  Breadcrumbs   18:48, 11 May 2021 (UTC)