Tore André Nielsen
Neurophysiologie et neurocognition des rêves et des cauchemars
- Professeur titulaire
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Faculté de médecine - Département de psychiatrie et d’addictologie
Portrait
Expertise de recherche
- Phénoménologie de l’endormissement et des images hypnagogiques
- Implication de sommeil et rêves dans l'apprentissage et la mémoire
- Psychophysiologie et neuroimagerie de patients atteints de cauchemars
- Rêves, cauchemars et Covid-19
- Effet de la privation de sommeil paradoxal sur les expériences mentales en sommeil
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Affiliations et responsabilités
Affiliations de recherche
Unités de recherche
Membre
- CIUSSS NIM — Centre de recherche du CIUSSS Nord-de-l’île-de-Montréal
- CÉAMS — Centre d'études avancées en médecine du sommeil
Établissements affiliés
- CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal – Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal (HSCM)
Enseignement et encadrement
Encadrement
Thèses et mémoires dirigés (dépôt institutionnel Papyrus)
Rêves et réactivation de la mémoire : fenêtre sur la consolidation de la mémoire durant le sommeil
Cycle : Doctorat
Diplôme obtenu : Ph. D.
Le circuit cérébral de la peur : analyse spectrale et imagerie cérébrale en trouble du cauchemar
Cycle : Doctorat
Diplôme obtenu : Ph. D.
Impact de la stimulation transcrânienne par courant alternatif sur la prise de conscience dans les rêves
Cycle : Maîtrise
Diplôme obtenu : M. Sc.
The embodied mind in sleep and dreaming : a theoretical framework and an empirical study of sleep, dreams and memory in meditators and controls
Cycle : Doctorat
Diplôme obtenu : Ph. D.
Rêves et émotions chez des sujets souffrant du trouble comportemental en sommeil paradoxal
Cycle : Doctorat
Diplôme obtenu : Ph. D.
Influence of frequent nightmares on REM sleep-dependent emotional memory processing
Cycle : Doctorat
Diplôme obtenu : Ph. D.
Dysfonction exécutive liée aux cauchemars idiopathiques fréquents : une étude de reproduction
Cycle : Maîtrise
Diplôme obtenu : M. Sc.
Les rêves durant la grossesse : étude de leur nature et de leur rôle prédictif dans l’adaptation psychologique à la maternité
Cycle : Doctorat
Diplôme obtenu : Ph. D.
Temporal patterns of memory source incorporations into dreams and their relationships to dreamed locus of control
Cycle : Maîtrise
Diplôme obtenu : M. Sc.
The role of sleep and dreaming in the processing of episodic memory
Cycle : Doctorat
Diplôme obtenu : Ph. D.
Alexithymie et appauvrissement onirique chez des populations cliniques souffrant de troubles du sommeil
Cycle : Maîtrise
Diplôme obtenu : M. Sc.
Les rêves dysphoriques chez les enfants : épidémiologie, facteurs de risque et traitement
Cycle : Doctorat
Diplôme obtenu : Ph. D.
Impact des rêves et d'une privation partielle de sommeil paradoxal sur l'adaptation émotionnelle à des stimuli affectifs standardisés
Cycle : Maîtrise
Diplôme obtenu : M. Sc.
Le sentiment de présence comme précurseur d'incorporation de stimuli dans les rêves
Cycle : Maîtrise
Diplôme obtenu : M. Sc.
Le niveau d'anxiété sociale chez des étudiants universitaires ayant déjà vécu des sensations de présence durant des épisodes de paralysie du sommeil isolée
Cycle : Maîtrise
Diplôme obtenu : M. Sc.
Thèses et mémoires dirigés
- Jennifer Windt, A conceptual framework for philosophy of mind and empirical research. Johannes Gutenberg-Universität (Mainz, Germany) - Université de Montréal. 2011-2013.
Projets
Projets de recherche
The dream of sleep-learning: unravelling the short- and long-term effects of targeted memory reactivation in REM sleep
An assemblyline model of sleep, dreaming and memory enhancement: investigating the coordinated roles of REM and nonREM sleep in human memory consolidation
Supplément COVID-19 CRSNG_An assemblyline model of sleep, dreaming and memory enhancement: investigating the coordinated roles of REM and nonREM sleep in human memory consolidation
THE ROLE OF DREAMING IN REM AND NREM SLEEP-DEPENDENT MEMORY FUNCTIONS
Transcranial alternating current (tAC) stimulation: a method for inducing lucid dreams and gaining control over dreams
THE NEURO-CIRCUITRY OF TERROR: HIGH RESOLUTION SPECT IMAGING OF REM SLEEP IN PTSD AND NIGHTMARE DISORDER
THE NEURO-CIRCUITRY OF TERROR : HIGH RESOLUTION SPECT IMAGING OF REM SLEEP IN PTSD AND NIGHTMARE DISORDER
THE ROLE OF DREAMING IN REM AND NREM SLEEP-DEPENDENT MEMORY FUNCTIONS
Rayonnement
Publications et communications
Publications
Book Chapters In Press:
1. Carr M & Nielsen T. (2021) Nightmares and nightmare function. In: Kryger M, Roth N, & Dement WC. (Eds.) Principles and practice of sleep medicine, 7th Edition. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co. In press.
2. Nielsen T & Lara-Carrasco J. (2021) Pregnancy and post-partum dreams. In: Kryger M, Roth N, & Dement WC (Eds.) Principles and practice of sleep medicine, 7th Edition. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co. In press.
Book Chapters:
1. Nielsen T. (2018) Microdream neurophenomenology: A paradigm for dream neuroscience. In: Fox K., Christoff K. (Eds), The Oxford handbook of spontaneous thought: Mind-Wandering, Creativity, and Dreaming, Oxford University Press.
2. Montplaisir J, Zadra A, Nielsen T, Petit D. (2017) Parasomnias. In: Chokroverty S. (Ed.), Sleep Disorders Medicine: Basic Science, Technical Considerations, and Clinical Aspects (4 ed.), Springer.
3. Nielsen T & Carr M. (2017) Nightmares and nightmare function. In: Kryger M, Roth N, & Dement WC. (Eds.) Principles and practice of sleep medicine, 6th Edition. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co.
Papers Published:
Marquis LP, Julien S-H, Daneault V, Blanchette-Carrière C, Paquette T, Carr M, Soucy JP, Montplaisir J, Nielsen T. Local neuronal synchronization in frequent nightmare recallers and healthy controls: A resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Frontiers in Neuroscience – Sleep and Circadian Rhythms. 2021
Picard-Deland C, Pastor M, Solomonova E, Paquette T, Nielsen T. Flying dreams stimulated by an immersive virtual reality task. Consciousness & Cognition: Special issue on Dream-Engineering. 2020; 83:102958. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2020.102958.
Blanchette-Carrière C, Julien S-H, Picard-Deland C, Bouchard M, Carrier J, Paquette T, Nielsen T. Attempted induction of signaled lucid dreaming by transcranial alternating current stimulation. Consciousness & Cognition: Special issue on Dream-Engineering. 2020; 83:102957. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2020.102957.
Solomonova E, Dubé S, Blanchette-Carrière C, Sandra DA, Samson-Richer A, Carr M, Paquette T, Nielsen T. Different patterns of sleep-dependent procedural memory consolidation in Vipassana meditation practitioners and non-meditating controls. Frontiers in Psychology, section Cognitive Science. 2020; 10:3014. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03014
Christensen JAE, Aubin S, Nielsen T, Ptito M, Kupers R, Jennum P. Rapid eye movements are reduced in blind individuals. J Sleep Res. 2019 Apr 26:e12866. doi: 10.1111/jsr.12866
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. Aetiology and treatment of nightmare disorder: State of the art and future perspectives. J Sleep Res. 2019 Aug;28(4):e12820. doi: 10.1111/jsr.12820.
Nielsen T, Carr M, Picard-Deland C, Marquis L-P, Saint-Onge K, Blanchette-Carrière C, Paquette T. (2019) Early childhood adversity associations with nightmare severity and sleep spindles. Sleep Medicine. 56:57-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2019.03.004
Marquis LP, Julien SH, Baril AA, Blanchette-Carrière C, Paquette T, Carr M, Soucy JP, Montplaisir J, Nielsen T. (2019) Nightmare Severity Is Inversely Related to Frontal Brain Activity During Waking State Picture Viewing. J Clin Sleep Med, 15(2):253-264. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.7628.
Picard-Deland C, Carr M, Paquette T, Nielsen T. (2018). Sleep spindles are altered in early- but not late onset nightmare recallers. Sleep Medicine, 52:34-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2018.07.015
Picard-Deland C, Carr M, Paquette T, Saint-Onge K, Nielsen T. (2018) Sleep spindle and psychopathology characteristics of frequent nightmare recallers. Sleep Medicine. 50:113-131. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2017.10.003.
Solomonova E, Dubé S, Samson-Richer A, Blanchette-Carrière C, Paquette T, & Nielsen T. (2018) Dream content and procedural learning in Vipassana meditators and controls. Dreaming, 28(2), 99-121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/drm0000081.
Aubin S, Christensen JAE, Jennum P, Nielsen T, Kupers R, Ptito M. (2018) Preserved sleep microstructure in blind individuals. Sleep Medicine, 42:21-30. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2017.11.1135.
Carr M, Nielsen T. (2017) A novel differential susceptibility framework for the study of nightmares: Evidence for trait sensory processing sensitivity. Clinical Psychology Review, 8:86-96. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2017.10.002.
Carr M, Saint-Onge K, Blanchette-Carrière C, Paquette T, Nielsen T. (2017) Elevated perseveration errors on a verbal fluency task in frequent nightmare recallers: A replication. Journal of Sleep Research, 27(3):e12644. doi: 10.1111/jsr.12644.
Marquis LP, Paquette T, Blanchette-Carrière C, Dumel G, Nielsen T. (2017) REM sleep theta changes in frequent nightmare recallers. Sleep. 40(9):zsx110. DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsx110.
Aubin S, Jennum P, Nielsen T, Kupers R, Ptito M. (2017) Sleep structure in blindness is influenced by circadian desynchrony. Journal of Sleep Research. DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12548.
Nielsen T. (2017) The stress acceleration hypothesis of nightmares. Frontiers in Neurology. 8:201. DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2017.00201
Nielsen T. (2017) When was your earliest dream? Association of very early dream recall with frequent current nightmares supports a stress-acceleration explanation of nightmares. Dreaming. 27(2):122-136. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/drm0000051
Nielsen T. (2017) Microdream neurophenomenology. Neuroscience of Consciousness. 3(1):nix001. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/nix001
Solomonova E, Stenstrom P, Schon E, Duquette A, Dubé S, O'Reilly C, Nielsen T. (2017) Sleep-dependent consolidation of face recognition and its relationship to REM sleep duration, REM density and Stage 2 sleep spindles. Journal of Sleep Research. doi: 10.1111/jsr.12520.
O'Reilly C, Warby SC, Nielsen T. (2017) Editorial: Sleep Spindles: Breaking the Methodological Wall. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 10:672. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00672.
Christensen, JAE, Aubin S, Nielsen T, Ptito M, Kupers R, Jennum P. (2017). Nocturnal eye movements in congenital and late-onset blindness. Sleep Medicine, 40, e149. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2017.11.435
NielsenT, Carr M, Blanchette-Carrière C, Marquis LP, Dumel G, Solomonova E, Julien SH, Picard-Deland C, Paquette T. (2016). NREM sleep spindles are associated with dream recall. Sleep Spindles and Cortical Up States, 1(1), pp.27-41. doi: 10.1556/2053.1.2016.003
Windt JM, Nielsen T, Thompson E. (2016) Does consciousness disappear in dreamless sleep? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2016 Dec: 20(12)871-882. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2016.09.006.
Carr M, Blanchette-Carrière C, Solomonova E, Paquette T, & Nielsen T. (2016). Intensified daydreams and nap dreams in frequent nightmare sufferers. Dreaming, 26(2): 119-131.
Carr M, Blanchette-Carrière C, Marquis LP, Tieng Ting C, Nielsen T. (2015) Nightmare sufferers show atypical emotional semantic associations and prolonged REM sleep-dependent emotional priming. Sleep Medicine. 20:80-87.
Godin I, Montplaisir J & Nielsen T. (2015) Dreaming and nightmares in REM sleep behavior disorder. Dreaming. 25:257-273.
O’Reilly C, Godin I, Montplaisir J, Nielsen T. (2015) REM sleep behaviour disorder is associated with lower fast and higher slow sleep spindle densities. Journal of Sleep Research. 24:593-601. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12309. Epub 2015 Jun 4.
Carr M & Nielsen T. (2015) Daydreams and nap dreams: content comparisons. Consciousness and Cognition. 36:196-205. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105381001500149X
Dumel G, Carr M, Marquis LP, Blanchette-Carrière C, Paquette T & Nielsen T. (2015) Infrequent dream recall is associated with low performance but high overnight improvement on the Mirror-Tracing Task. Journal of Sleep Research. 24:372-382. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jsr.12286/full)
Nielsen T, O'Reilly C, Carr M, Dumel G, Godin I, Solomonova E, Lara-Carrasco J, Blanchette-Carrière C & Paquette T. (2015) Overnight improvements in two REM sleep-sensitive tasks are associated with both REM and NREM sleep changes, sleep spindle features, and awakenings for dream recall. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory: Special Issue on REM sleep and memory. 122: 88-97. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1074742714001695
O’Reilly C, Nielsen T. (2015) Automatic sleep spindle detection: benchmarking with fine temporal resolution using open science tools. Frontiers in Human Neurosciences. 9:353. http://journal.frontiersin.org/Article/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00353/abstract
Solomonova E, Stenstrom P, Paquette T & Nielsen T. (2015) Different temporal patterns of memory incorporations into dreams for laboratory and virtual reality experiences: relation to dreamed locus of control. International Journal of Dream Research. 8:10-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.11588/ijodr.2015.1.16611
Carr M & Nielsen T. Morning REM sleep naps facilitate broad access to emotional semantic networks. (2015) Sleep. 38:433-443. http://dx.doi.org/10.5665/sleep.4504
Nielsen T & Powell RA. (2015) Dreams of the rarebit fiend: Food and diet as instigators of bizarre and disturbing dreams. Frontiers in Psychology – Consciousness Research. 6:47. http://journal.frontiersin.org/Article/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00047/abstract
Disciplines
- Psychologie
- Psychiatrie
- Neurosciences
Champ d’expertise
- Sommeil et troubles du sommeil
- Sommeil, éveil et modulation chronobiologique
- Apprentissage et mémoire (Neurosciences, santé mentale et toxicomanies)
- Apprentissage et mémoire (Psychologie - aspects biologiques)
- Représentation mentale
- Cognition
- Mémoire
- Anxiété
- Chronobiologie
- Conscience, subjectivité et identité personnelle
- Imagerie (Outils de caractérisation)
- Imagerie (Langage et processus cognitifs)
- Système somato-sensoriel
- Technologies biomédicales
- Motivations et émotions
- Réalité virtuelle
- Sensation et perception
- Somatisation et syndromes somatiques fonctionnels
- Stress
- Trauma/blessures
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