Thought I’d start a topic for those interested in reading “legitimate research” with a Night Club flavor rather than headline attention fluff pieces. Research should be useful, but it is often poorly conducted and easily misunderstood, often because so many variables can affect the outcomes including low numbers, pre-determined outcomes and faulty methodologies, to name three. Whenever an academic or commentator says “research says” or “research proves” I prefer to see the source(s) for myself, a retired academic. I’ll post a few studies, separately, so people can comment or question as they like. I encourage the dissemination of good research in areas related to Night Club Topics, in addition to what we have here already. Sometimes a study could be posted to two or more topics if it fits. Or not. We can also post some questionable research and explain why it fits that category.
Thought this was an interesting topic given Andrew’s connections and interests (May have to verify you’re human):
Spiritual awakening and transformation in scientists and academics
From the study: The purpose of this study was to document both quantitatively and qualitatively the characteristics of spiritual awakenings and their transformational effects in scientists and academics who reported having experienced this phenomenon; it also aimed to explore barriers these individuals perceived to sharing their experiences with others within society.
I use MetaQuest VR a lot and when I saw this “research-based” article I thought it might be useful. However, I couldn’t locate the source and that bothered me.
Wrote to them asking for more information. Their response:
Thank you for bringing this to our attention! You have discovered an error, and we genuinely appreciate it. It’s possible that this article was mislabeled as research, so we are moving it from our research page to our press page until we have more information or can locate a supporting study.
I see this in long-distance travel all the time . . .
Guess which is research supported as more effective?
# Effects of cocoa extract and a multivitamin on cognitive function: A randomized clinical trial
“a lack of sleep dictates whether humans choose to help each other”
this is fascinating to me!
thank you so much for sharing these researches with us.
yes, it’s one my “secrets” to give my body what it needs to rest. interestingly enough, when I have a long-distance travel to do, my whole system starts changing the week before 
all I need to do is respect what the body is asking for.
well spotted! thanks for this distinction and for your frontal approach! I also have those characteristics and, from my experience, the results are always amazing!
LOVED the article you shared and the Highlights:
» STEs were mystical, with feelings of expansion, energy in the spine, light, love.
» Triggers: focus on spiritual matters, another spiritual person, meditation/prayer.
» Transformation: increased sensory sensitivity, creativity, sense of unity.
» Incorporated new worldview/insights into career, or radically changed career.
» Barriers to sharing: concern they would be misunderstood or ridiculed by others.
this last one is SO common…
reminded me of a recent video form Jade Shaw that deeply inspired me:
Followup from this post, exclamation on the point of dubious “research.”
They wrote back:
wanted to follow up about the study you were curious about reading. There is a paper. However, it has not been published, so I cannot share it with you. You can contact Vive to request more details, and they can possibly share them. You can ask them for *“A Comparative Study of VR Technology in Meditation Scenarios from Utrecht University, Netherlands.”
Totally untraceable as is the researcher cited in the paper.
Out of body is how I often feel in the daytime, with one pain or another keeping the duality of mind/body in focus. I’ve been doing some self-hypnosis lately and it’s interesting that its aim is to have you go into your body, at least that’s how the inductions go. . . .
Could there be some type of sound input that might help with dream recall? Any research being done on this? How about just research on dream recall? Thought this study was an interesting read.
From the study:
High dream recallers (HR) show a larger brain reactivity to auditory stimuli during
wakefulness and sleep as compared to low dream recallers (LR) and also more intra-
sleep wakefulness (ISW), but no other modification of the sleep macrostructure. To
further understand the possible causal link between brain responses, ISW and dream
recall, we investigated the sleep microstructure of HR and LR, and tested whether the
amplitude of auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) was predictive of arousing reactions
during sleep.
I can share from my experience that I have “sonar” hearing… I’m extremely sensitive to sounds… (sometimes I have to dream with ear plugs so that I can close from external world and cocoon) and have a great dream recall for years!
Me, I’ve got tinnitus with constant hissing as my background soundtrack. However, just silence in dreams . . .
interesting… very interesting… got me curious… are you vegetarian? I remember that when I was vegan the buzz would come more often.
Presently, I only got tinnitus when I sense other energies or a message comes, a kind of alert - to pay attention to a certain detail… and it goes off after that. It’s very rare now - perhaps also because I keep developing my intuition (no need for that anymore).
I do notice that when I have ear plugs and dream lucid, I talk very loud! 
Yeah, but I worked on airplanes in the Air Force . . . .
aaah… yes, I had forgotten about that 
Dr. Ed O’Malley, the Sleep Doctor, addressed the research mentioned below in this month’s webinar. He did an in-depth examination of the research and implications for sleep practices, and if you’re interested, please check the recording when posted. The next meeting, or the one after, will be open to a much wider audience and promises to be a very popular offering because everybody sleeps (or so I’m told).
hihihi 
this is SUCH an important topic…
What I notice is that people don’t VALUE a good night sleep.
I’m studying at the moment how I can help people to value a good night sleep - everyday! 
yehaaaaay! 
hopefully the recording will be available… 