Scientific Reports
September 21, 2022
Sofia Tzioridou, Martin Dresler, Kristian Sandberg et al.
10 citations
A theoretical and empirical association between lucid dreaming and mindfulness, as well as lucid dreaming and nightmares has previously been observed; however, the relationship between nightmares and mindfulness has received surprisingly little attention. Here, we present the findings of two studies exploring the relation of nightmare frequency and distress with two components of mindfulness,...
Dreaming
July 28, 2022
Clarita Bonamino, Christopher Watling, Remco Polman
A lucid dream is a dream during which the dreamer becomes aware of the fact that they are experiencing a dream. The higher awareness and cognitive traits which accompany lucid dreams offer individuals a unique opportunity to use this practice to rehearse waking skills. This scoping review aimed to summarise existing evidence on the effectiveness of lucid dreaming practice (LDP) on the...
Sleep
July 11, 2022
Claudia Picard-Deland, Max-Antoine Allaire, Tore Nielsen
5 citations
Early research suggests that the vestibular system is implicated in lucid dreaming, e.g. frequent lucid dreamers outperform others on static balance tasks. Furthermore, gravity-themed dreams, such as flying dreams, frequently accompany lucid dreaming. Nonetheless, studies are scarce. We attempted to: (1) replicate previous findings using more sensitive static balance measures and (2) extend...
PsyArXiv
July 7, 2022
Garret Yount
preprint
Objective: Recent investigations of lucid dreams – dreams with a veridical awareness of dreaming - suggest that this unique form of dreaming may be useful for promoting healing due to the lucid dreamer’s capacity for goal-directed action in the dream. Methods: Following a prospective, within-participant research design, 49 adults experiencing chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...
Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research
June 30, 2022
Rabia Farooqi, Anum Atiq, Farzana Ashraf
The current study was designed to examine the role of nightmares in psychosis proneness in relation to lucid dreaming. In this correlational study, the sample comprised of 220 young Pakistani adults from both genders (124 women and 96 men) age range from 18 to 26 years (M = 21.14, SD = 1.87). The participants were assessed on nightmares, psychosis proneness, and lucid dreaming through the...
Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy
June 27, 2022
Meghan F Haas, Jessica Latchman, Ann M Guastella et al.
Here, we describe a case of a patient with multiple myeloma who reported symptoms of lucid dreams. This patient was taking methadone for neoplasm related pain. The patient was also taking pregabalin which was initially started at dosing of 50 mg taken orally three times a day. Five days after initiation of pregabalin, the dosing was increased to 100 mg taken orally three times daily. The...
DIS 2022 Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference Digital Wellbeing
June 13, 2022
Lucid dreaming is the awareness of being in a dream, allowing dream control and living out fantasies. It also has benefits for growth and well-being. Yet, lucid dreaming is not accessible to most people. So, we created Lucid Loop—a neurofeedback-augmented immersive experience that utilizes AI-enhanced visuals and spatial audio in a virtual reality device for simulating lucid dreaming. We...
Психолог
May 1, 2022
Sergei Vladimirovich Kukharenko
The subject of this study is to identify the connection between the experience obtained in lucid dreams and the experience of meditation. The object of the study is the experience that accompanies the state of awareness (Pali-sati). In the article, the author presents the results of a study aimed at establishing the connection between the experience obtained in lucid dreams and the experience...
Imagination, Cognition and Personality
April 20, 2022
Michael Schredl, Judith Zumstein, Sven Baumann et al.
Previous research identified personality and neurophysiological traits that are associated with inter-individual differences in lucid dreaming frequency. The present study investigated the question as to whether sensory processing sensitivity is related to lucid dreaming. Overall, 1,807 persons (1,008 woman, 799 men) with a mean age of 47.75 ± 14.41 years completed the German High Sensitive...
Clocks & Sleep
April 20, 2022
Daniel Erlacher, Vitus Furrer, Matthias Ineichen et al.
3 citations
Lucid dreaming offers the chance to investigate dreams from within a dream and by real-time dialogue between experimenters and dreamers during REM sleep. This state of consciousness opens a new experimental venue for dream research. However, laboratory study in this field is limited due to the rarity of lucid dreamers. In a previous study, we were able to induce in 50% of the participants a...