Lucid Dreaming Frequency and Sensory-Processing Sensitivity
M. Schredl, Judith Zumstein, Sven Baumann, M. Schmidt
Imagination, Cognition and Personality April 20, 2022 DOI: 10.1177/02762366221094245 (opens in new tab) via Semantic Scholar
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractAesthetic sensitivity and a low sensory threshold, two facets of sensory processing sensitivity, are positively associated with how often people experience lucid dreams. Extraversion and low agreeableness also correlate with more frequent lucid dreaming. These effects are small. The findings come from a survey of 1,807 German adults who completed personality and lucid-dream-frequency questionnaires.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Cross-sectional survey Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 1,807 |
| Population | German adults (mean age 47.75 years, 1,008 women, 799 men) |
| Keywords | Psychology |
| Key finding | Aesthetic Sensitivity and Low Sensory Threshold are positively related to lucid dream frequency, as are extraversion and low agreeableness. |
Abstract
Previous research identified personality and neurophysiological traits that are associated with inter-individual differences in lucid dreaming frequency. The present study investigated the question as to whether sensory processing sensitivity is related to lucid dreaming. Overall, 1,807 persons (1,008 woman, 799 men) with a mean age of 47.75 ± 14.41 years completed the German High Sensitive Person Scale, a Big Five personality inventory, and the lucid dream frequency scale. As expected, Aesthetic Sensitivity and Low Sensory Threshold (two of the three sensory processing factors) were positively related to lucid dream frequency. Moreover, extraversion and low agreeableness were also related to lucid dreaming frequency. Although the effect sizes of these relationships are relatively small, this research can shed light on the mechanism underlying the inter-individual differences in lucid dream frequency.