Before and after sleep, a person may experience hypnagogic (upon falling asleep) or hypnopompic (upon awakening) hallucinations. However, as claimed by medical professional and researcher from Spain, Guglielmo Foffani, labeling…
Researchers from Pakistan, Ayesha Zahid Khana and Ayesha Umar, conducted a survey to understand what factors (e.g., personality traits or sleep habits) contribute to the practice of lucid dreaming. The…
German scientists Victoria Amo, Nikolai Godt, Johannes Leugering, and the perpetual researcher on this topic, Kristoffer Appel, conducted another experiment on communicating with lucid dreamers in real-time. However, the participants…
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…
Mark Blagrove is a professor of psychology and director of the Swansea University Sleep Laboratory in the UK. He is a consulting editor for the journal Dreaming and a former…
Out-of-body experiences can be a sign of illness and may occur as a result of taking various substances or the electrical stimulation of specific brain areas. However, they are also…
Galantamine is known among lucid dreaming enthusiasts as a “magic pill” that helps with the practice. But how exactly does it work? Scientists from the Netherlands, including the permanent researcher…
Scientists from Argentina and Spain conducted a linguistic analysis of lucid dreams, out-of-body experiences, and other phase states to try to find the differences between them. They recruited 60 volunteers…
“You have been selected to participate in a project that aims to harness the power of dreams and develop your skills in lucid dreaming. With training, you will be able…
References to lucid dreams (LDs) can be found as far back as Aristotle, and dream yoga has existed for centuries in Tibetan Buddhism. Similar practices exist in Daoism and Hindu…
The novel Divergent is the debut work of American author Veronica Roth. The book, which is the first in a trilogy that was published in 2011, became a bestseller and…
In the summer of 2023, a group of researchers published an article in which they boldly claimed they could heal post-traumatic stress disorder in six days. The training was conducted…
According to one estimate, every second person has fallen into a lucid dream (LD) at least once, and every fourth person experiences LD on a monthly basis. Such data are…
Michelle Carr has a Ph.D. in Biomedical Science and works as a researcher at the University of Rochester Sleep and Neurophysiology Laboratory (UK). She actively studies nightmares, sleep paralysis, and…
People can literally extract paintings, poetry, music, or formulas from lucid dreams (LDs), expanding the horizons of creative individuals from various fields. London artist Dave Green stands out by making…
Lucid dreams (LDs) provide an incredible range of possibilities, from healing to complete freedom. However, it is difficult to engage in this practice every day. To date, there is no…
In modern research, there is a wide range of scales and questionnaires of dreams. Dream diaries and written reports on the content of dreams remain basic tools for scientists. Subjectivity…
Stress is a significant factor in increasing the frequency of lucid dreams (LDs). Because many researchers recognize this fact, they conduct experiments, for example, on students – that is, people…
To confirm lucidity in dreams, researchers typically use the pre-agreed eye movements (PAEM) method (for example, left-right-left). This gold standard method in laboratory experiments was introduced by Keith Hearne in…
Modern methods for treating nightmares focus on therapy during wakefulness. However, scientists from the US and Lithuania, Cameron Sandell, Tadas Stumbrys, Ken Paller, and Remington Mallett, believe that an excellent…
