Table 2 Examples of different types of movement reported in verbal dream reports.

From: Modulating dream experience: Noninvasive brain stimulation over the sensorimotor cortex reduces dream movement

Movement types

Sham

tDCS

Single actions

“We […] sat down” (P10, N2, A2)

“I was diving” (P1, N1, A1)

“I hugged her” (P10, N2, A3)

“I was […] to take a pose” (P5, N2, A1)

Repetitive actions

“I remember rubbing quite hard […] my leg” (P1, N2, A1)

“I was swimming in a pool” (P1, N1, A1)

“I was walking there” (P3, N2, A2)

“I […] was writing something” (P3, N1, A1)

“we are running away from him” (P4, N2, A1)

“I was cleaning a table” (P5, N2, A2)

“I had been sleepwalking” (P4, N2, A2)

“I was climbing upstairs” (P7, N2, A2)

“I was digging the vegetable garden” (P6, N1, A3)

“I was stroking gently [our cat]” (P8, N2, A3)

Passive movements

“we were coming from Lappeenranta with a train” (P4, N2, A1)

“our father was driving me and my brother […] with a car” (P6, N2, A1)

“they somehow forced [me] to put my hand to fist” (P7, N1, A1)

“he took my hand and pulled me to the middle” (P6, N2, A1)

  1. Note. P – participant (1–10), N – night (1–2), A – awakening (1–3).