In 2022, interest in the topic of lucid dreaming increased sharply: the number of scientific articles for that year doubled compared to 2021. In 2023, this trend continued, providing us with 47 studies, one more than the previous year.
The main trend seen in the past year was the efforts of scientists to establish real-time communication with lucid dreamers and to control dreams using technology. In March, researchers at REMspace introduced the artificial language Remmyo; in June, they published data on the testing of a brain implant for dream control; and in September, they heard music from dreams for the first time. German scientists presented a new eye signal system that grants the ability to transmit complete phrases, and the ambitious startup Prophetic promises to release a device based on artificial intelligence.
The second trend was continuing attempts to find the best methodology for inducing lucid dreams and out-of-body experiences. Both risky methods (such as drugs and electrical brain stimulation) and classic techniques (such as hypnosis, breathing exercises, and music) are being used, as well as more traditional approaches like Yoga Nidra. REMspace researchers compared the best techniques for inducing lucid dreams.
The third popular theme is deriving practical benefits from lucid dreaming. Relevant topics include sports training and seeking creative ideas in dreams. However, scientists more often focus on developing treatments, primarily for psychological issues.
The countries that have made the greatest contributions to the development of the topic are the United States and Russia (with 12 articles each, although the count for Russia includes four preprints, while that for the United States has three). Preprints are present among all the other leaders: the Netherlands produced five articles (one preprint), Germany produced five articles (two preprints), and Spain produced four articles (one preprint).
A preprint is an article that has not yet undergone peer review and has been published in advance. It does not appear in major scientific databases, but even well-known scientists do not dismiss the opportunity to publish bold ideas and initial (pilot) results as preprints. In 2023, the individual leaders in research on lucid dreaming were authors from REMspace: Michael Raduga (12 articles, four preprints), Andrey Shashkov (10 articles, three preprints), and Zhanna Zhunusova (six articles, two preprints).
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List of scientific articles on lucid dreams and out-of-body experiences in 2023:
1. Lucid Dreamers: Conscientious Neurotics Suffering from Nightmares?
2. “Hello! This is a Test Message from a Lucid Dream.”
3. Lucid Dreaming as a Way to Distinguish Hallucinations from the Norm
4. Out-of-Body Experiences and Their Connection to Other Phase States
5. How to Enter a Lucid Dream with Galantamine
6. Registration of Lucid Dreams with a Single Sensor
7. The Difference Between Lucid Dreaming and Out-of-Body Experiences
8. Women vs. Men: Who Finds Lucid Dreaming Easier?
9. Is Lucid Dreaming a Form of Spontaneous Meditation?
10. Does the Protagonist of the Book “Divergent” Practice Lucid Dreaming?
11. The Threshold for Satisfaction with the Vividness of Sensations in Lucid Dreams Has Been Determined
12. Can You Learn Martial Arts in Lucid Dreams?
13. Does Lucid Dreaming Guarantee a Happy Morning?
14. Goods and Services in the Lucid Dreaming Market
15. How to Achieve Lucid Dreaming: A Comparison of Three Techniques
16. Basic Rules for Studying Lucid Dreams
17. Researchers Have Learned to Transmit Music from Lucid Dreams
18. How to Study Dreams Correctly
19. Does Prison Develop Lucid Dreaming Ability?
20. Hypnosis for Entering Lucid Dreams?
21. Breathing Exercises and Music for Lucid Dreams
22. How Do You Properly Wake Up from a Nightmare?
23. A Brain Implant for Dream Control Has Been Tested
24. Phase State – Norm or Pathology?
25. Lucid Dream Psychotherapy: Results in Six Days
26. How to Get Rid of Nightmares Using the Power of Thought
27. Connection Between Phase States in Researchers’ Work
28. Is an Understanding of Phase States Beyond Our World?
29. The Hyperreality of Phase States
30. How to Write a Book in a Lucid Dream
31. Do Sensations Play an Important Role in the Mechanism of Dreaming?
32. Experiment Participants Reduced Body Temperature from Lucid Dream
33. Review of Research on the Treatment of Nightmares in Lucid Dreams
34. Who Can Benefit from Lucid Dream Training?
35. Lucid Dreaming Techniques in Tibetan Buddhism
36. New Book Discusses Solving Psychological Problems Through Lucid Dreaming
37. Better Control When Leaving the Body Than in Lucid Dreaming?
38. Scientists Hear Speech from Within Lucid Dreams
39. Do Thoughts Acquire a Clear Trajectory in Lucid Dreams?
40. What Happens in the Brain of a Lucid Dreamer?
41. Are Lucid Dreams a Symptom of Idiopathic Hypersomnia?
42. Yoga Nidra—Conscious Entry into Dream
43. Can Alcohol and Drug Intake in a Lucid Dream Cause a Morning Hangover?
44. Sherlock Holmes’s Lucid Dreams as a Detective Method
45. Scientists Induce Out-Of-Body Experiences Through Electrical Brain Stimulation
46. Out-of-Body Experiences through Sleep Paralysis
47. Does Out-Of-Body Experience Have Psychological Benefits?
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