▁tracking ▁the ▁pro gression ▁of ▁dream s ▁during ▁bere av ement . ▁She ▁has ▁studied ▁characteristics ▁of ▁dream s ▁in ▁various ▁dis orders ▁including ▁de pression ▁and ▁dis soci ative ▁dis orders . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁summer ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁public ity ▁about ▁the ▁dream - th emed ▁film ▁In ception , ▁Bar rett ▁was ▁interview ed ▁by ▁media ▁including ▁ABC , ▁N BC ▁Today , ▁CNN , ▁The ▁Wall ▁Street ▁Journal , ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁and ▁USA ▁Today , ▁pointing ▁out ▁that ▁some ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁film , ▁like ▁luc id ▁dream ing , ▁control ▁of ▁one ’ s ▁own ▁dream s , ▁and ▁dream s - with in - d ream s ▁were ▁highly ▁real istic ▁while ▁the ▁control ▁of ▁others ’ ▁dream s , ▁time ▁slow ing ▁in ▁dream s , ▁and ▁absolute ▁impos s ibility ▁of ▁dream ing ▁that ▁you ▁die ▁were ▁all ▁fict ional ▁prem ises ▁in ▁the ▁service ▁of ▁the ▁thr iller ▁plot . ▁ ▁Bar rett ’ s ▁studies ▁of ▁hyp nos is ▁have ▁focused ▁on ▁different ▁types ▁of ▁high ▁hyp not iz ables , ▁finding ▁two ▁sub groups ▁which ▁she ▁terms ▁fant as izers ▁and ▁dis soci aters . ▁Fant as izers ▁are ▁people ▁who ▁have ▁v ivid ▁imag in ations , ▁find ▁it ▁easy ▁to ▁block ▁out ▁real - world ▁stim uli , ▁spend ▁much ▁time ▁day d ream ing , ▁report ▁imag inary ▁compan ions ▁as ▁a ▁child ▁and ▁grew ▁up ▁with ▁parents ▁who ▁encourag ed ▁imag inary ▁play