A Survey of Considerations for Inducing Conscious Awareness of Dreaming While Dreaming
Imagination, Cognition and Personality September 1, 1985 DOI: 10.2190/bna2-ypjw-ml4h-tm7j (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Dreaming Lucid dreaming |
| Citations | 7 |
| Key findings | The author proposes that lucidity induction methods with promise include external cues, presleep reflection, and asking the critical question ('Is this a dream?') during sleep, and contends that individual proclivities such as field independence and situational events such as waking stress predict lucidity and should guide subject or client selection. |
Abstract
This article reviews several considerations to be taken by the potential lucid dream researcher or lucid dreamer when attempting to increase the frequency of dreaming lucidly (i.e., consciousness awareness of dreaming while the dream is ongoing). Attempts to induce lucidity have been made both prior to falling asleep and while sleeping. Methods showing promise include, the administration of external cues, presleep reflection and asking the critical question (i.e., “Is this a dream?”) during sleep. Individual proclivities, such as field independence, and situational events, such as waking stress, have also been shown to predict lucidity and should be pertinent to subject or client selection.
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| The cognitive neuroscience of lucid dreaming | 2019 | Review | |
| Dreaming and consciousness | 1990 | Review | |
| Sleep and dreaming are for important matters | 2013 | Review | |
| Nightmare Disorder and Isolated Sleep Paralysis | 2020 | Review | |
| My Dream, My Rules: Can Lucid Dreaming Treat Nightmares? | 2019 | Review |
Citations in the library
Cited by 5
- An exploratory study of creative problem solving in lucid dreams: Preliminary findings and methodological considerations heiDOK (Heidelberg University) 2010
- Lucid dream mathematics: An explorative online study of arithmetic abilities of dream characters BORIS (University Library Bern) 2011
- Studies for the Development of the Induction Method of Lucid Dreaming Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research 2022
- Induction of lucid dreams: a systematic review of evidence. Consciousness and Cognition September 1, 2012
- A Rating System for Lucid Dream Content Imagination, Cognition and Personality September 1, 1989
Cites 6
- Lucid Dreaming Verified by Volitional Communication during Rem Sleep Perceptual and Motor Skills June 1, 1981
- Techniques for Inducing and Manipulating Lucid Dreams Perceptual and Motor Skills August 1, 1983
- Lucid Dreaming and Alpha Activity: A Preliminary Report Perceptual and Motor Skills December 1, 1982
- Lucid, Prelucid, and Nonlucid Dreams Related to the Amount of EEG Alpha Activity during REM Sleep Psychophysiology July 1, 1984
- Lucid dreaming: Correspondence between dreamed and actual events in one subject during rem sleep Biological Psychology June 1, 1984
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