BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Lucid dreaming-dreaming with the awareness that one is dreaming-has been explored from many perspectives, including those of cognitive neuroscience and various ancient cultural traditions. Lucid dreaming appears within the Tibetan-Buddhist literature together with dream yoga, a set of contemplative practices aimed at cultivating lucidity during dreams along with other...
The immersive environments of virtual reality (VR) have potential to engender a vast range of experiences. Although participants recognize these experiences as artificial, the consequences can still be profound. Compared to VR, lucid dreams-characterized by awareness that one is dreaming-potentially allow for even more expansive explorations of immersive multisensory experience. Furthermore,...
Journal of VisionSeptember 23, 2011Marcia Grabowecky, L. Ortega, C. Nwosu et al.
Attention and emotion are linked in critical ways. Emotionally salient objects attract and capture attention. Attention to emotional stimuli influences emotion processing and regulation. Meditation techniques have been used for millennia both to train attention and to regulate emotion. A common meditation practice involves sustained attention on the breath. Slagter and colleagues (2007,...