At the end of 2021, the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD) held a two-week online conference on lucid dreams (LD), combining the scientific and esoteric. On the…
Sometime in the early 1930s, the Franco-German philosopher Jean Héring was walking along with friends when he suddenly realized that “they” were all dreaming. He tried to convince his friends…
Last year, more than two dozen studies on lucid dreaming (LD) were published in international scientific journals. The leaders in this respect were the USA and Russia, with five papers…
The treatment of nightmares with the help of lucid dreams (one of the phase states, which also includes out-of-body experiences, sleep paralysis, etc.) has long been studied by researchers. Barngrover,…
In February 2021, even people far-removed from the subject of lucid dreams (LD) heard about it when an international group of scientists led by Karen Konkoly (USA) presented the results…
The media has already called the new model of the luxury electric car of the company Lucid Motors a lucid dream of CEO Peter Rawlinson. The car is named Dream…
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…
English actor Tom Holland was 19 six years ago when he became the youngest actor to embody the role of Spider-Man in the Marvel cinematic universe. Since then, he has…
Lucid dreams (LD) have long been studied by psychologists as a cure for nightmares. A recent study by Austrian scientists Holzinger, Nierwetberg, and Klösch implemented a post-traumatic stress disorder treatment…
To prove that a person is experiencing a lucid dream (LD) laboratories around the world use complex electroencephalography, electrooculography, and electromyography (EMG). These sensors register sleep phases, and in order…
Researchers report five main reasons for people’s fascination with lucid dreaming (LD): overall pleasure, reducing the frequency of nightmares, solving problems, developing creative abilities, and engaging in various sports. However,…
Reality shifting is an emerging popular hobby among the younger generations. Videos dedicated to this topic are gaining billions of views on social networks. It is not surprising then that…
Nancy Drew is a young girl and an amateur detective, although she solves cases no worse than professionals. The character was created almost a century ago and has been subject…
The healing possibilities of lucid dreaming (LD) have been known to practitioners for a long time. It is enough to create a magic pill inside the dream for a specific…
Lucid dreams (LD) are a great platform for creativity. For lucid dreamers, of course, this is nothing new. Writers have been known to source plots for novels from LD, poets…
Did you know that both insufficient and excess sleep significantly reduce immunity and brain activity, lower quality of life, and lead to extra weight? Hundreds of studies indicate that healthy…
Practitioners, scientists, researchers, and philosophers have long engaged with the topic of lucid dreams (LD). But this area has recently become of interest in clinical medicine: William Camann, an anesthesiologist…
UFO stories have long titillated the minds of stalkers, writers, and ordinary people. This has been especially true since the Pentagon has declassified a large portion of information about unidentified…
Narcolepsy is often mistaken for a mental disorder. This disease is accompanied by increased daytime drowsiness, sleep paralysis, and hallucinations. Researchers from Spain—Dresda E. Méndez de la Brena and Cornelia…
Michael Schredl is a German researcher, scientific manager of the sleep laboratory at the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim. He is the editor of the International Journal of…
