Lucid dreaming: all studies (page 2) - The Consciousness Library

Erratum: A narrative review on the neurobiology of lucid dreaming: mechanisms and therapeutic potential: erratum.

Annals of Medicine and Surgery July 1, 2026 correction

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000004741.].

DOI: 10.1097/ms9.0000000000005369 Full text

Emotional Composition Of Sleep-Related Out-Of-Body Experiences In Relation To Sleep Paralysis And Lucid Dreaming

PsyArXiv Preprints June 25, 2026 preprint

Sleep-related out-of-body experiences (OBEs) occupy an ambiguous position between sleep paralysis and lucid dreaming. OBEs are often considered part of the vestibular-motor component of sleep paralysis, but they also share features with lucid dreaming, including vivid internally generated experience, heightened awareness, and perceived agency. Here, we examined whether the emotional composition...

DOI: osf:ar864_v1 Full text Lucid dreaming Out-of-body experience Sleep paralysis Life sciences

Imagery Training in REM Sleep and Lucid Dreaming and the Optimisation of Motor Memory Consolidation in Athletes: A Narrative Review

Quality in Sport June 20, 2026 Arkadiusz Adam Psiuk

Background: Motor learning in competitive sport relies not only on physical practice but also on the offline reorganisation of memory traces during sleep. Waking motor imagery is a recognised ergogenic adjunct, while recent work suggests that mental rehearsal may be extended into the sleeping brain through lucid dreaming, a state in which the dreamer becomes aware of dreaming while remaining...

DOI: 10.12775/qs.2026.58.72667 Lucid dream Narrative Memory consolidation Motor imagery +6

B31-08 Lucid Dream Therapy for Hypnagogic Hallucinations and Sleep Paralysis in Narcolepsy: A New Cognitive-Behavioral Perspective

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine May 1, 2026 I Alvarez Orozco, H MarÍn Agudelo, J L Jurado et al.

Abstract Rationale Narcolepsy often includes highly disabling symptoms such as hypnagogic hallucinations and sleep paralysis, which significantly impair quality of life. Lucid dream therapy and imagery rehearsal techniques have shown efficacy in treating nightmares, but their application in narcolepsy remains underexplored. Objectives To evaluate the efficacy of lucid dream therapy and imagery...

DOI: 10.1093/ajrccm/aamag162.6474 Lucid dream Sleep paralysis Narcolepsy Distress +6

Relational hypnotherapy, lucid dreaming, and sleep paralysis: A case study

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis April 3, 2026 Carlos A. Ramos

Sleep paralysis (SP) is understood as a form of temporary muscle paralysis that occurs during the transition between rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and wakefulness. SP is normally associated with vivid, fear-provoking hallucinations such as being threatened or attacked by home invaders and paranormal encounters like alien abductions. SP affects about 20% of the population, and it is a common...

DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2026.2661649 Lucid dream Sleep system call Electroencephalography Sleep stages +3

Lucid Dreaming: Not Just Awareness, but Agency.

Journal of Sleep Research April 1, 2026 Severin Ableidinger, Luigi De Gennaro, Sérgio Mota-Rolim et al.

During lucid dreaming (LD), dreamers are aware that they are dreaming and may be able to influence the oneiric content. There has been recent debate about the relative importance of the ability to influence the dream and having agency over the pure awareness of dreaming. To underline this, we examined the associations of lucid dreams without agency (LD-Ag) and lucid dreams with agency (LD + Ag)...

DOI: 10.1111/jsr.70181 Full text Lucid dreaming Covid‐19 Agency Dreams +2

A large corpus of lucid and non-lucid dream reports

arXiv (Cornell University) March 27, 2026 Remington Mallett preprint

All varieties of dreaming remain a mystery. Lucid dreams in particular, or those characterized by awareness of the dream, are notoriously difficult to study. Their scarce prevalence and resistance to deliberate induction make it difficult to obtain a sizeable corpus of lucid dream reports. The consequent lack of clarity around lucid dream phenomenology has left the many purported applications...

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2603.26992 Lucid dream Nightmare Clarity Categorization +1

Inducing Lucid Dreaming Based on a Contemplative Practice of Compassion

Brain Sciences March 16, 2026 Daniel J Morris, Susana Gabriela Torres-Platas, Karen R Konkoly et al. 1 citation

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Lucid dreaming-dreaming with the awareness that one is dreaming-has been explored from many perspectives, including those of cognitive neuroscience and various ancient cultural traditions. Lucid dreaming appears within the Tibetan-Buddhist literature together with dream yoga, a set of contemplative practices aimed at cultivating lucidity during dreams along with other...

DOI: 10.3390/brainsci16030315 Lucid dream Mindfulness Contemplation Compassion +8

Balancing Lucidity: Muscle and Vestibular Stimulation for Lucid Dream Induction

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) March 13, 2026 Emma Peters, Xinlin Wang, Kathrin Fischer et al. preprint

Abstract Lucid dream (LD) induction using external sensory stimulation has most commonly relied on distal cues such as lights or auditory signals, with mixed success rates. In this study, we investigated whether more direct bodily stimulation targeting the muscle and vestibular systems could influence LD induction. We compared electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) and galvanic vestibular...

DOI: 10.64898/2026.03.11.711028 Full text Lucid dream Galvanic vestibular stimulation Vestibular system Cognition +4

Waking Up in the Dream Lab: A Lab-Based Lucid Dream Induction Paradigm Using Virtual Reality and Sensory Stimulation

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) March 12, 2026 Emma Peters, Johanna Heitmann, Nicolas Morath et al. preprint

Abstract Lucid dreaming (LD), during which the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming, is frequently induced in laboratory settings by delivering sensory cues during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. These cues should be incorporated into ongoing dreams and can trigger reflective awareness. This approach relies on the continuity between waking experiences and dream content. In sleep...

DOI: 10.64898/2026.03.11.711049 Full text Lucid dream Virtual reality Context archaeology Reality testing +10