International Journal of Dream Research
December 16, 2018
Gregory Scott Sparrow
2 citations
In the interest of correlating subjective dream experience with emergent models for dreaming consciousness, the following hypothesis is considered: A variety of anomalies occurring in lucid dreaming suggest that there are two distinct modes of awareness available in the lucid state--focused and objectifying awareness (FOA), and relational immersive awareness (RIA)—and that these distinct modes...
2018 IEEE Workshop on Augmented and Virtual Realities for Good Var4good 2018
December 13, 2018
As virtual reality designers, we aim to create technological experiences to better human connection and well-being in hopes of helping humankind and society in a positive way. It is therefore important to ground the frameworks we use in genuine human experience rather than mindlessly apply models that do not account for highly personal and profound experiences. One type of experience that could...
Scientific Reports
December 6, 2018
Benjamin Baird, Anna Castelnovo, Olivia Gosseries et al.
74 citations
Humans typically lack awareness that they are dreaming while dreaming. However, at times a remarkable exception occurs and reflective consciousness can be regained while dreaming, referred to as lucid dreaming. While most individuals experience lucid dreams rarely there is substantial variance in lucid dream frequency. The neurobiological basis of lucid dreaming is unknown, but evidence points...
Frontiers in Psychology
November 12, 2018
Ursula Voss, Armando D’Agostino, Luca Kolibius et al.
28 citations
Dreams and psychosis share several important features regarding symptoms and underlying neurobiology, which is helpful in constructing a testable model of, for example, schizophrenia and delirium. The purpose of the present communication is to discuss two major concepts in dreaming and psychosis that have received much attention in the recent literature: insight and dissociation. Both phenomena...
November 1, 2018
Tadas Stumbrys, Viktorija Daunytė
Dreaming is a very creative state of mind. Lucid dreamers – who can become aware in their dreams that they are dreaming – have an advantage of directly tapping into the creative potentials of the dreaming mind. This study explored the relationship between lucid dreaming and creativity. Twenty lucid dreamers were asked to accomplish a creative generation task once in a lucid dream and once while...
November 1, 2018
Annabelle Neuhäusler, Michael Schredl, Anja S. Göritz
A variety of induction techniques have been proposed to increase lucid dream frequency. An online survey was performed asking about knowledge of lucid dreaming and lucid dream induction techniques. The initial sample size was N=1380 with a subsample of N=716 who were asked questions concerning lucid dream induction techniques. The findings indicate that one quarter of all participants had heard...
Dreaming
September 1, 2018
Tadas Stumbrys
This article reports the first systematic study on lucid nightmares—terrifying lucid dreams with a lack of dream control. An online survey was completed by 634 participants, of whom 574 had had previous lucid dream experience. According to the reports of lucid dreamers, less than half of them had experienced a lucid nightmare, and only 1% of them could be considered as suffering from lucid...
Imagination, Cognition and Personality
September 1, 2018
Michael Schredl, Alina Noveski
Most studies looking into the relationship between lucid dream frequency and personality were based on questionnaire measures of lucid dream frequency. Thus, the aim was to investigate the effect of keeping a dream diary on lucid dream frequency and the correlates of the frequency of lucid dreams in the diary with the Big Five personality factors. The study included 1,612 dreams reported by 425...
BORIS
August 23, 2018
Daniel Erlacher
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...
PLoS One
August 8, 2018
Stephen LaBerge, Kristen Lamarca, Benjamin Baird
59 citations
Lucid dreaming is a remarkable state of consciousness in which one is aware of the fact that one is dreaming while continuing to dream. Based on the strong relationship between physiological activation during rapid eye-movement sleep and lucid dreaming, our pilot research investigated whether enhancing cortical activation via acetylcholinesterease inhibition (AChEI) would increase the frequency...
Consciousness and Cognition
August 1, 2018
Gregory S. Sparrow, Ryan Hurd, Ralph Carlson et al.
An experimental home study examined the impact of a pre-sleep protocol for enhancing self-awareness, lucidity, and responsiveness in dreams. It included ingesting the cholinesterase inhibitor galantamine--which is widely reported to increase the frequency of lucid dreaming--prior to engaging in middle-of-the-night meditation and the imaginary reliving of a distressing dream while exercising new...
Journal For Virtual Worlds Research
July 30, 2018
Kevin Healey
Using the grounded theory method (GTM), this article proposes an “integral” model for studying the development and use of virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) technologies. Integral models seek holistic understanding by combining third-person, empirical perspectives with first-person, subjective experience. Here, the proposed model provides a comparative analysis of immersive virtual reality...
International Journal of Biomedical Investigation
July 16, 2018
HF Asmaa
Although dreaming is personal myth experience occurring in the inner world of the person while sleeping there are quite a few features and symbols regarding dreaming that is deserving being measured and investigate and may help in treating a lot of psychological diseases. The present study using, literature data, questionnaire, and the interview with 50 people to interpreting and understanding...
OPUS
June 7, 2018
Celina Schadow, Michael Schredl, Janina Rieger et al.
20 citations
Lucid dreams are dreams that involve awareness of dreaming while dreaming. As lucid dreaming is accompanied by heightened cortical activation, e.g., in the prefrontal cortex, it was speculated whether lucid dreaming interferes with the restorative function of sleep. Two cross-sectional studies have found inhomogeneous results regarding the relationship between lucid dream frequency and...
Dreaming
May 24, 2018
Melanie Schädlich, Daniel Erlacher
10 citations
In a lucid dream, the dreamer knows that he or she is dreaming and can thus deliberately carry out actions. The original goal of this study was to investigate musical practice in lucid dreams and its possible effects as well as the quality of the experiences. A total of 5 musicians were interviewed about their lucid dreams in which they had played instruments and sung. However, the interviewees...
May 9, 2018
Erik D. Goodwyn
A lucid dream is a dream in which you are aware that you are dreaming. It is therefore a special case which is different from the usual dreams we are discussing. The primary aim is to narrow our focus on lucid dreaming to its relevance in clinical work, and to integrate the phenomenon into the overall theory of dreams as products of the Invisible Storyteller (IS) as well as provide some...
Scientific Reports
April 12, 2018
Delphine Oudiette, Pauline Dodet, Nahema Ledard et al.
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University Library Heidelberg
April 9, 2018
Gulshan Kumar, Arun Sasidharan, Bindu M Kutty
9 citations
Lucid dreaming is a unique state between dreaming sleep and waking, wherein one is aware of being in dream and able to control dream contents. The present study was aimed as a proof-of-concept to a previously proposed idea that combining a cognitive training protocol with auditory cue during sleep could cause effective lucid dreaming induction even among healthy participants who had no history...
Oxford Handbooks Online
April 5, 2018
Jennifer Windt, Ursula Voss
Dreams are sometimes described as an intensified form of spontaneous waking thought. Lucid dreams may seem to be a counterexample, because metacognitive insight into the fact that one is now dreaming is often associated with the ability to deliberately control the ongoing dream. This chapter uses conceptual considerations and empirical research findings to argue that lucid dreaming is in fact a...
April 3, 2018
Kristoffer Appel, Gordon Pipa, Martin Dresler
During dreaming, we experience a wake-like hallucinatory reality, however with restricted reflective abilities: in the face of a bizarre dream environment, we do not realize that we are actually dreaming. In contrast, during the rare phenomenon of lucid dreaming, the dreamer gains insight into the current state of mind while staying asleep. This metacognitive insight often enables the dreamer...