Exploring “lucid sleep” and altered states of consciousness during sleep using a mindfulness-based and visual stimulation protocol: a proof-of-concept study
Teresa Campillo-Ferrer, Adriana Alcaraz, S.Gabriela Torres-Platas preprint
The scientific study of lucid sleep (to retain critical self-awareness during ongoing sleep) has traditionally been focused on lucid dreaming and induction techniques primarily targeting REM sleep. Recently, there has been increasing interest in other forms of lucid sleep, such as certain episodes of sleep paralysis, out-of-body experiences reported during sleep, and episodes of...