Trends in waking salivary alpha-amylase levels following healing lucid dreams.
Frontiers in Psychology 2024 Garret Yount, Sitara Taddeo, Tadas Stumbrys et al. 1 citation
Salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) is considered a marker of autonomic nervous system activity in stress research, and atypical waking sAA responses have been reported for traumatized individuals. Lucid dreams, characterized by a dreamer's awareness of their dream state while remaining asleep, have shown promising preliminary evidence of their potential to enhance mental health. This study's...