Preprints.org
September 26, 2023
Brigitte Holzinger, Severin Ableidinger
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Lucid dreaming is a dream in which one is aware that they are dreaming while dreaming as well as being able to influence the dream. It is utilized in scientific research to explore dreaming, in clinical context to treat nightmares, and in private settings to have fun, solve problems, and to train various skills. In this paper, based on an interview with a lucid dreamer, a fascinating, yet...
Advances in Social Behavior Research
September 7, 2023
Yusi Ngan
Sleep is such a complex and dynamic process and dream that it still is a scientific enigma. Over more than a century of research has established a wide range of dream-relevant theories, whereas, no one has yet reached an accurate conclusion about the function and meaning of dreams. So, in this project, I desire to review the relationship between sleep and dream and illustrate what is the...
Somnologie: Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin
September 1, 2023
Zusammenfassung Das luzide Träumen ist ein einzigartiges Phänomen, bei dem sich eine Person während des Schlafs bewusst ist, dass sie träumt, und dadurch häufig ihre Handlungen während des Traums bewusst steuern kann. Dieser Artikel beleuchtet kritisch die methodischen Herausforderungen bei der Erforschung des luziden Träumens und bietet Strategien zu deren Bewältigung unter Berücksichtigung...
Somnologie: Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin
September 1, 2023
Emma Peters, Daniel Erlacher, Friedrich Müller et al.
AbstractThis study aimed to investigate the efficacy of using hypnotic enhancement of auditory suggestion to induce lucid dreams in inexperienced individuals. Lucid dreaming, a state in which the dreamer becomes aware of their dream state, provides opportunities for personal exploration, sports, and clinical applications. However, the rarity of lucid dreams poses a challenge to scientific...
Moscow Economic Journal
August 21, 2023
Denis Banchenko, Tatyana Burilova, Igor' Nehaev et al.
Recently, there has been a significant increase in interest in the sale of NFTs. These digital assets can be used not only to address the issue of owning digital assets but also to form the basis of a business model for funding fundamental academic research, alongside cryptocurrencies and other blockchain technologies. Concurrently, a scientific study conducted by Daniele Pepe from the...
PsyArXiv
July 14, 2023
Norah Wolk, Daniel J Morris, Yasmeen Nahas et al.
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People typically become aware that a dream was “just a dream” only after awakening. Alternatively, people can become aware that they are dreaming during the dream. These lucid dreams are thought to involve increased prefrontal cortex activity relative to non-lucid dreams, and they are associated with volitional control over dream content. Lucid dreams could be valuable for many purposes, such...
PsyArXiv
June 30, 2023
Cameron Sandell, Tadas Stumbrys, Ken A Paller et al.
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Standard treatments for nightmares focus on waking activities, with consequences for subsequent sleep. An alternative strategy may be to provide people with a novel way to learn to end a nightmare by waking up. People typically think of sleep as a state that they cannot control, but there are exceptions to this rule. For example, the ability to select dream content in a lucid dream might allow...
Journal of Sleep Research
June 1, 2023
Shuyue Tan, Jialin Fan
35 citations
Lucid dreams are defined as dreams in which the dreamers are aware of the fact that they are dreaming as dreams continue. It has been ~12 years since the last review of the efficiency of lucid dream induction techniques was conducted. Hence, the present study aimed to review the lucid dream induction techniques published in the past decade. The second aim was to propose a modified...
Journal of Clinical Medicine
May 12, 2023
Severin Ableidinger, Brigitte Holzinger
13 citations
Sleep paralysis and lucid dreams are two states of consciousness that are connected to REM sleep but are defined by higher awareness in contrast to regular REM sleep. Despite these similarities, the two states differ widely in their emotional tone and their perceived controllability. This review aims to summarize the current research containing sleep paralysis and lucid dreams. However, given...
International Clinical Neuroscience Journal
May 11, 2023
Berenika Maciejewicz
Lucid dreaming is a rare phenomenon of consciousness emerging while asleep, most often during the rapid eye movement phase. It is estimated that over half of the world population have had at least one lucid dream in their lifetime and around one fourth report to have one episode of dreaming lucidity each month. Conscious dreaming happens when a dreamer becomes suddenly aware of being inside...