Lucid dreaming: Evidence and methodology
Behavioral and Brain Sciences December 1, 2000 DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x00574020 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Dreaming Lucid dreaming |
| Citations | 54 |
| Key points | Argues that lucid dreaming shows that loss of self-reflective awareness is not necessary for dreaming and that it enables precise experimental testing of hypotheses about dreaming. |
Abstract
Lucid dreaming provides a test case for theories of dreaming. For example, whether or not “loss of self-reflective awareness” is characteristic of dreaming, it is not necessary to dreaming. The fact that lucid dreamers can remember to perform predetermined actions and signal to the laboratory allows them to mark the exact time of particular dream events, allowing experiments to establish precise correlations between physiology and subjective reports, and enabling the methodical testing of hypotheses. [Hobson et al.; Solms]