The Geometry of Lucidity: Consciousness Under Compression
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) January 4, 2026 T Hunt
Lucid dreaming has long resisted clean classification within prevailing neuroscientific taxonomies.Although it occurs during REM sleep—under conditions of profound sensory decoupling and motor atonia—it reliably supports explicit self-awareness, metacognition, and intentional control. Dominant accounts treat lucidity as a hybrid state, a partial awakening, or a transient intrusion of...