Lucid dreaming is a rare phenomenon of consciousness emerging while asleep, most often during the rapid eye movement phase. It is estimated that over half of the world population have had at least one lucid dream in their lifetime and around one fourth report to have one episode of dreaming lucidity each month. Conscious dreaming happens when a dreamer becomes suddenly aware of being inside...
The biophysical roots of consciousness have been the subject of an ongoing debate for centuries. In order to understand the data, create novel experimental methodologies, and increase our ability to investigate this phenomenon of interest, the proposed theories must lead to empirical, repeatable, and testifiable studies. Contemporary theories of consciousness often do not relate to one another,...
Lucid dreaming is being conscious within one’s own dream. In recent years, dream lucidity has started to attract more attention not only from the broad neuroscience field but also from applied neurology, psychiatry, sports performance science, or art therapy areas. The aim of this research is to investigate and evaluate some of the therapeutic potentials of dream lucidity. The findings propose...