Researchers have repeatedly hypothesized that false awakenings accompany lucid dreams. However, up until recently, there was no scientific evidence to support this hypothesis. In 2019, the journal Dreaming published an…
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How to distinguish a lucid dream from a non-lucid dream? After all, you can become aware of yourself inside a dream with varying levels of lucidity. Scientists led by Remington…
The past year has produced a lot of useful research on lucid dreaming, out-of-body experiences, and sleep paralysis. However, there is so much more to come next year! A new…
Type 1 narcolepsy (NT1) is a chronic sleep disorder characterized by daytime drowsiness with a rapid transition to REM sleep. Sufferers of NT1 are more likely than others to experience…
Dutch scientists from the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior in Nijmegen have published a new study on lucid dream induction training using virtual reality (VR). The results sparked…
This year, we have repeatedly drawn attention to the popularity of travel via lucid dreams due to the lockdowns imposed in most parts of the world. A huge number of…
Jose M. Aponte Urmeneta, a student at the University of Twente in the Netherlands, published a thesis on “Designing a sleep monitoring device to induce lucid dreaming.” The project was…
In early December 2020, Xbox released a series of promotional videos called “Power Your Dreams”. The plot of the ads is based on the scientific achievements of lucid dreaming investigations…
December 21 is not yet on the list of official holidays, but we consider it the most important day of the year for all those who practice the various phase…
Cognitive training is used to develop the processes of awareness, attention, and memory. They have also been used successfully in the practice of lucid dreaming, when combined with other techniques.…
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…
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…
The practice of lucid dreaming is often used in nightmare therapy. The progress made in this area over the past few years is described in an article by Brazilian scientists…
The wave of anti-immigrant sentiment in the UK pushed the British artist Potent Whisper to create the project “Lucid Lovers”. This is an audio novel about a couple torn apart…
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…
With its increasing popularity among practitioners, the phenomenon of lucid dreaming is also finding itself under growing criticism on the part of researchers. Some scientists go so far as to…
A hundred years ago, Sylvan Muldoon published The Projection of the Astral Body, which he had written based on just a couple dozen experiences of the phase (“astral”) state. In…
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…
In November 2020, the Australian portal Gizmodo published an article by author Daniel Kolitz, in which scientists answered a question sent in by readers about whether or not it is…
