Bodily stimulation during rapid eye movement sleep: effects of muscle and vestibular cueing on lucid dreaming.
Open Access CRIS of the University of Bern 2026 Emma Peters, Xinlin Wang, Johanna Elisabeth Heitmann et al.
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Sensory stimulation during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep has been proposed as a method to induce lucidity, yet most approaches rely on distal sensory modalities such as light and sound. We explored whether bodily stimulation targeting the muscle and vestibular systems differentially influences dream incorporation and lucid awareness during REM sleep. METHODS: 28 participants...