“Complicated movements should be practiced in dreams” Paul Tholey about sports, lucid dreams and consciousness
BORIS August 23, 2018 DOI: 10.11588/ijodr.2018.2.51340 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Book review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Lucid dreaming |
| Key findings | The review presents an edited collection of eleven papers by Paul Tholey, a pioneer of modern lucid dream research, selected jointly by Tholey and editor Gerhard Stemberger. The reviewer, who describes Tholey as a major influence on the field and on their own work, offers background on Tholey's contributions to lucid dream research along with personal notes. |
Abstract
Paul Tholey (1937-1998) was one of the pioneers of modern lucid dream research and he had a tremendous impact on lucid dream research in general and on my own work. Therefore, it is a pleasure to write a review about the edited book by Gerhard Stemberger (2018), which covers a collection of eleven papers written by Tholey. Stemberger and Tholey knew each other very well and this book was a long-planned project. Together with Tholey, when he was still alive, they decided on the selection of papers included in this work. In this book review, I would like to introduce and review the edited book and the papers of the collection, give some background information on Tholeys work, mainly in the context of lucid dream research, and finally add some personal notes.
Comparable studies
Other narrative reviews on lucid dreaming, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The cognitive neuroscience of lucid dreaming | 2019 | Review | |
| My Dream, My Rules: Can Lucid Dreaming Treat Nightmares? | 2019 | Review | |
| What about dreams? State of the art and open questions | 2022 | Review | |
| The Dream of God: How Do Religion and Science See Lucid Dreaming and Other Conscious States During Sleep? | 2020 | Review | |
| Insight and Dissociation in Lucid Dreaming and Psychosis | 2018 | Review |