Lucid dreaming: discontinuity or continuity in consciousness?
University Library Heidelberg 2011 DOI: 10.11588/ijodr.2011.2.9146 (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 | 14 |
| Key points | Argues that lucid dreaming, despite its discontinuity in content and physiology, may reflect a continuity of self-reflective awareness akin to mindfulness across the sleep-wake cycle. |
Abstract
The notions of continuity and discontinuity are discussed in relation to the phenomenon of lucid dreaming (awareness of dreaming while dreaming). Lucid dreams seem to be more dreamlike than non-lucid dreams both in terms of their content and REM sleep physiology and therefore are more discontinuous with our waking experience. They also seem to represent some “crack” – discontinuity – in the ordinary autocreative process of dreaming or in the state of protoconsciousness as suggested by Hobson. However, it is argued here that the notion of lucidity in dreams, which is comparable to the notion of mindfulness in wakefulness, presents a possible continuity in self-reflective awareness or consciousness across the whole sleep-wake cycle.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on lucid dreaming, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varieties of Lucid Dreaming Experience | 2000 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| The Neurobiology of Consciousness: Lucid Dreaming Wakes Up | 2009 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| What I make up when I wake up: anti-experience views and narrative fabrication of dreams | 2013 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| New perspectives for the study of lucid dreaming: From brain stimulation to philosophical theories of self-consciousness | 2010 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Lucid dreaming: Evidence and methodology | 2000 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
Citations in the library
Cited by 5
- Lucid dreaming during NREM sleep: Two case reports heiDOK (Heidelberg University) 2012
- Is There a Link Between Frequency of Dreams, Lucid Dreams, and Subjective Sleep Quality? Frontiers in Psychology 2020
- Bizarreness of Lucid and Non-lucid Dream: Effects of Metacognition. Frontiers in Psychology 2019
- Patterns of Occurrence of Four States of Consciousness as a Function of Trait Absorption. Journal for person-oriented research 2019
- Meta-Awareness During Day and Night Imagination, Cognition and Personality June 1, 2015
Cites 22
- Mindfulness: A proposed operational definition. Clinical Psychology Science and Practice 2004
- Mindfulness training as a clinical intervention: A conceptual and empirical review. Clinical Psychology Science and Practice 2003
- Lucid Dreaming: a State of Consciousness with Features of Both Waking and Non-Lucid Dreaming Sleep September 1, 2009
- Effects of mindfulness on meta-awareness and specificity of describing prodromal symptoms in suicidal depression. Emotion February 1, 2010
- Lucid Dreaming Treatment for Nightmares: A Pilot Study Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 2006
and 17 more in the library