Using hypnotic enhancement with auditory suggestion for lucid dream induction
Somnologie September 1, 2023 Emma Peters, Daniel Erlacher, Friedrich Müller et al.
Acoustic suggestion can help inexperienced people have lucid dreams, but adding hypnosis does not improve the effect. Lucid dreaming is when a person becomes aware they are dreaming, which can be useful for personal growth, sports, and therapy. In this experiment, 10 participants were tested under three conditions: control (acoustic stimulation without suggestion), acoustic suggestion, and hypnotic enhancement of acoustic suggestion. Based on strict verification by the dreamer, external raters, and eye movements, 3% of dream reports were lucid in the control condition, 6% in the acoustic suggestion condition, and 6% in the hypnosis condition.