Portfolio research project

Do sleep positions shape our dreams?

We surveyed 1,225 teenagers about their sleep habits and dream qualities, then analyzed correlations with custom code. Explore interactive charts, read the key findings, and dive into the full report.

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Largest teen dream study

1,225 respondents aged 13–19; survey via social platforms and ads.

Positions × emotions

We track happiness, scariness, vividity, bizarreness, and romance.

Transparent methods

Data and analysis scripts are open. Reproducibility matters.

TL;DR: Right-side sleep tends to align with happier, less vivid dreams; left-side aligns with more vivid and scarier dreams; stomach sleep aligns with sadder, more bizarre and more romantic dreams; back sleep aligns with less scary and less bizarre dreams.

Quick links

Explore

Interactive charts by position category and metric.

Findings

Narrative summary of the strongest insights.

Methodology

Data collection, preprocessing, and limitations.

About

Role, stack, and links.

Dataset (CSV)

Download the raw survey responses used for charts.

Full report (PDF)

Science fair paper with detailed analysis.

Credits & Awards

This project was completed by Maria Chzhen and Renny Wang. It won the gold medal (Top 10 out of 131 projects) at the Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair 2021 and the following special awards:

Ola Lunyk-Child Memorial Health Science Award – Second
Canada-Wide Science Fair Trip Award