Mark Blagrove is Director of the Swansea University Sleep Laboratory. He studies the memory consolidation functions of sleep and the possible role of dreaming in these functions. He also studies the aetiology of nightmares, the relationship of dream content to waking life, and the induction and characteristics of lucid dreams. He conducts dream sharing groups and currently researches the effects of dream sharing on empathy.
MA Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, 1982
PhD Psychology, Brunel University 1989
Experience
1991–present
Professor , Swansea University
1989–1991
Research Fellow, Loughborough University Sleep Laboratory
Education
1989
Brunel University, PhD Psychology
1982
University of Cambridge, MA Natural Sciences
Grants and Contracts
2020
Psychophysiology of vascular dementia
Role:
co-PI
Funding Source:
BRACE
2019
ESRC Festival of Social Sciences
Role:
PI
Funding Source:
Research Councils UK
2015
Insight from the discussion of REM and non-REM dreams
Role:
PI
Funding Source:
Bial Foundation
2011
The relationship of dreaming to memory consolidation during sleep
Role:
PI
Funding Source:
Economic and Social Research Council
Professional Memberships
British Psychological Society
British Sleep Society
International Association for the Study of Dreams
Honours
Fellow of the British Psychological Society; formerly President of the International Association for the Study of Dreams