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from Wired’s Danger Room blog – can’t make this shit up ..

In an Army-backed experiment called “Power Dreaming,” Naval Hospital Bremerton in Washington State will help traumatized troops battle their nightmares — with soothing, digitally-made dreams crafted in virtual worlds .. The research project is in its early planning and is not expected to launch until next year. But it is picking up momentum. Last week, the Army awarded almost half a million dollars to a consulting company for help developing the experiment .. researchers will ask troops to take control of the “creation of the customized healing imagery (therapeutic dreams) to counter the impact of nightmares,” according to a military contracting document .. The hope is that the soldier “learns to activate the parasympathetic dream scenarios when aroused by traumatic memories by using 3D goggles, coping successfully with intrusive nightmares”

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