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Covid-19 lockdown
Coverage of Covid-19 lockdown in the Nexus archive.
- AI digs through 3,700 accounts of dreams and waking life, finds method in the madness
Researchers used AI and natural language processing to analyze 3,700 dream and waking life accounts, finding that dreams remix reality by combining memories, emotions, and imagined scenarios rather than replaying events. The study, published in Communications Psychology, revealed patterns linking personality traits to dream structure and highlighted AI's potential in analyzing large-scale dream data.
- A COVID lockdown led this woman to plant a vineyard at her parents’ home. Now a dream is realized
A woman in South Africa used the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown to plant a vineyard at her family home after her agricultural college studies were suspended. Her vineyard project has now realized her dream.