Conferences Attended
Conferences Attended
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We recently traveled to Baltimore, MD for the SLEEP 2026 Annual Conference to present. Here are the projects we took:
Title: Targeted Dream Incubation’s Impact on Dream Self-Efficacy, Nightmares, Suicide, PTSD, and Insomnia.
Authors: Youngren, W.A., West Staples, V., Angle, E.M., Horowitz, A., Carr, A., Konkoly, K., Bernal, G., & Stickgold, R.
Title: Trauma-Related Sleep Processes and Mental Health: The Roles of Dream Self-Efficacy and Nightmare Distress.
Authors: West Staples, V., Youngren, W.A., Angle, E., Horowitz, A., Carr, M., Konkoly, K., & Bernal, G., & Stickgold, R.
We recently traveled to Baltimore, MD for the ISTSS 2025 Annual Conference to present. Here are the projects we took:
Title: Exploring dream self-efficacy’s relationship with suicide.
Authors: Youngren, W. A., Angle, E. M., West Staples, V., Soligo, S., Horowitz, H., Carr, M., Bernal G., Grandner M., & Stickgold, R.
Title: Nightmares & insomnia, differing impacts on suicide.
Authors: West Staples, V., Angle, E. M., Bishop, T., Pigeon, W., Youngren, W. A.
We traveled to Seattle, WA for the AASM Sleep 2025 Conference to present. Here are the projects we took:
Title: Targeted dream incubation’s impact on dream self-efficacy and joy.
Authors: Youngren, W. A., Angle, E. M., West Staples, V., Soligo, S., Horowitz, H., Carr, M., Bernal G., Grandner M., & Stickgold, R.
Title: Exploring dream self-efficacy’s relationship with suicide.
Authors: Youngren, W. A., Angle, E. M., West Staples, V., Soligo, S., Horowitz, H., Carr, M., Bernal G., Grandner M., & Stickgold, R.
Title: Nightmares & insomnia, differing impacts on suicide.
Authors: West Staples, V., Angle, E. M., Bishop, T., Pigeon, W., Youngren, W. A.
Title: At what frequency do nightmares effect suicide.
Authors: Pickering, A., Angle, E. M., West Staples, V., Youngren, W.A.
Here are projects our undergraduate students have presented at the UMKC Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium 2026:
Title: Targeted Dream Incubation: Using Positive Affect to Reduce Nightmare Distress
Authors: Pickering, A., Cotton, H. T., West Staples, V., Angle, E. M., Beougher, M., Youngren, W.A.
Title: Engineering the Dream State: A Method of Enhancing Dream Self-Efficacy
Authors: William, K. A., Hayeh, H., Rustici, T., West Staples, V., Angle, E. M., Youngren, W.A.
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