Is Stress a Cause of Sleep Paralysis?
Isolated sleep paralysis (not associated with a sleep disorder such as narcolepsy) occurs at least once in up to 40% of people. Relapses of this episode are less common and…
Lucid Dreams Provide a Feeling of Freshness in the Morning
We recently talked about whether lucid dreaming is dangerous for the brain. Some researchers believe that awareness during sleep, due to increased brain activity, may interfere with the restorative function…
Is the Military Using Lucid Dreams?
In the past decade, articles have appeared in the media claiming that the US military has investigated the possibilities of lucid dreaming. The main reported use has been as an…
Lucid Dreaming Treats Insomnia
Insomnia is a sleep disorder wherein a person has difficulties falling asleep several nights a week. People with insomnia often wake up during night and their dreams are more likely…
Can Lucid Dreams Cure Even Severe Nightmares?
Lucid dreaming has already been shown as effective in treating ordinary nightmares. A new study published in August 2020 in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, however, has attempted to assess…
Does Meditation Cure Sleep Paralysis?
The duration of sleep paralysis (muscle atrophy when waking up or falling asleep) can range from a few seconds to 20 minutes. Often, this state is also accompanied by hallucinations.…
Are Lucid Dreams Good for Us?
Nirit Soffer-Dudek from Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, asks this question in the article published in the Frontiers in Neuroscience journal. According to the researcher, techniques of deliberate…
COVID-19 Quarantine Increased Incidence of Sleep Paralysis in Narcoleptics
In October 2020 the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine published a study in which Brazilian scientists from the Federal University of São Paulo assessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic…
Out-of-Body Experiences: Fear or Revelation?
How does an out-of-body experience (OBE) affect the people who have had it? Dutch scientist Elpine M. de Boer tried to answer this question in a study published in October…
Does Ketamine Reveal the Nature of Out-of-Body Experience?
Ketamine is a wide spectrum anesthetic, which in recent years has become an illegal substance in many countries due to drug abuse. However, while some scientists and medical professionals debate…
What Can Near-Death Experiences Tell Us About the Brain?
A man named Kevin nearly died in a motorcycle accident that left him unconscious. As he approached the point of collision, his life flashed before his eyes. After the incident,…
Brain Rhythms Leading to Out-of-Body Experience Discovered
Dissociative states are usually described as a feeling of disconnection from reality or an out-of-body experience. Most often, these altered states of consciousness are reported by people who suffer from…
Sleep Paralysis Can Be Pleasant
Sleep paralysis is defined as the inability to move due to muscle paralysis during REM sleep or dream phase. This is often an unpleasant experience that can have serious clinical…
Movements in Lucid Dreams Can Be Used to Assess Mental States
A new experiment, conducted by the Dream Research Institute (DRI) in London, in collaboration with Robert Waggoner, co-editor of the Lucid Dreaming Experience magazine, attempted to corroborate psychotherapist Nigel Hamilton’s…
Lucid Dreams Shown to Improve Waking Mood
A research team at Swansea University in the UK, led by Abigail Stocks, came to this conclusion based on findings from a new study. The scientists asked 20 participants to…
Pain from Lucid Dreams Becomes Real in Wakefulness
Scientists publish results from first ever experiment, in which 151 volunteers were instructed to enter a lucid dream, and there to picture themselves experiencing pain in their arms, following which…
