Lucid Dreaming Verified by Volitional Communication during Rem Sleep
Stephen P. La Berge, Lynn E. Nagel, William C. Dement, Vincent P. Zarcone
Perceptual and Motor Skills June 1, 1981 DOI: 10.2466/pms.1981.52.3.727 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Experimental study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 5 |
| Population | Selected subjects proficient in lucid dreaming |
| Topics | Dreaming Lucid dreaming |
| Citations | 237 |
| Key findings | Lucid dreaming was verified in five subjects who signaled awareness of dreaming during REM sleep, enabling a new approach to dream research. |
Abstract
SUMMARY: The occurrence of lucid dreaming (dreaming while being conscious that one is dreaming) has been verified for 5 selected subjects who signaled that they knew they were dreaming while continuing to dream during unequivocal REM sleep. The signals consisted of particular dream actions having observable concomitants and were performed in accordance with pre-sleep agreement. The ability of proficient lucid dreamers to signal in this manner makes possible a new approach to dream research--such subjects, while lucid, could carry out diverse dream experiments marking the exact time of particular dream events, allowing derivation of of precise psychophysiological correlations and methodical testing of hypotheses.