August 16, 2026
Emma Peters, Daniel Erlacher, Clarita Bonamino
preprint
Lucid dream control (LDC), the ability to deliberately influence dream experiences during a lucid dream, is central to many theoretical, experimental, and lucid dream clinical applications. Despite its importance, standardized instruments for assessing LDC remain limited, typically treating it as a single, broad construct. This study aimed to develop and validate the Lucid Dream Control...
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
August 1, 2026
Clarita Bonamino, Clara Hausen, Matthew D. Sacchet
Consciousness can persist, transform, and dissolve across wakefulness, sleep, and advanced meditation. Despite empirical and theoretical advances within each domain, these states are rarely examined within an integrated scientific framework. An interdisciplinary perspective reveals converging phenomena that challenge binary accounts of consciousness and highlight its graded, dynamic, and...
Brain Sciences
August 18, 2025
Emma Peters, Clarita Bonamino, Kathrin Fischer et al.
Lucid dreaming (LD), during which the dreamer becomes aware of the dream state, offers a unique opportunity for a variety of applications, including motor practice, personal well-being, and nightmare therapy. However, these applications largely depend on the dreamer's ability to control their dreams. While LD research has traditionally focused on induction techniques to increase dream...
Journal of Sports Sciences
August 1, 2024
Clarita Bonamino, Christopher Watling, Remco Polman
During lucid dreaming (LD), dreamers are aware of experiencing a dream and may consciously influence its content. This study used an online questionnaire to investigate the LD frequency and applications in 193 adolescent athletes and non-athletes (17.40 ± 2.09 years; 46% athletes, 54% controls). Given the critical role that sleep plays in adolescent health, development, and performance,...
Queensland University of Technology
2023
Clarita Bonamino
During lucid dreaming, dreamers are aware of being in a dream and may consciously make decisions, execute actions, and manipulate the dream surroundings. This research explored the lucid dreaming experiences and influence on the waking life and sleep health in adolescent athletes and non-athletes. Findings indicate that lucid dreaming is not detrimental to sleep health. Further, it offers...
Dreaming (New York, N.Y.)
July 28, 2022
Clarita Bonamino, Christopher Watling, Remco Polman
A lucid dream is a dream during which the dreamer becomes aware of the fact that they are experiencing a dream. The higher awareness and cognitive traits which accompany lucid dreams offer individuals a unique opportunity to use this practice to rehearse waking skills. This scoping review aimed to summarise existing evidence on the effectiveness of lucid dreaming practice (LDP) on the...
Clarita Bonamino, Emma Peters
preprint
Lucid dreaming (LD) is the phenomenon during which dreamers are aware they are dreaming and may be able to influence dream content. Dream manipulation, or dream control, plays a critical role in the applications of LD across both clinical and non-clinical domains and may be a key determinant of therapeutic success. However, not all lucid dreamers are able to effectively influence their dreams,...