Psychosis and the Control of Lucid Dreaming
Frontiers in Psychology March 8, 2016 Natália B. Mota, Adara Resende, Sérgio Mota-Rolim et al. 38 citations
Dreaming and psychosis share important features, such as intrinsic sense perceptions independent of external stimulation, and a general lack of criticism that is associated with reduced frontal cerebral activity. Awareness of dreaming while a dream is happening defines lucid dreaming (LD), a state in which the prefrontal cortex is more active than during regular dreaming. For this reason, LD...