What Do Teenagers Do in Lucid Dreams?
Teenagers are more likely than adults to experience lucid dreams. According to a survey of 193 teenagers conducted by Australian researchers Bonamino, Watling, and Polman, two-thirds of participants had at…
Sounds of Lucidity
Scientists from Switzerland, led by Emma Peters and with the participation of Daniel Erlacher, a constant researcher in the field of lucid dreaming, conducted another experiment in search of the…
Do Most People Not Worry about Sleep Paralysis?
Researchers from Pakistan, led by Khan Ahmed Ali, studied sleep paralysis by going to a typical shopping mall and interviewing 350 people. As it turned out, over a third of…
Scientists as Mediums: How Can You Talk to the Dead?
Imagine this: doctors connect equipment to a person who is in a coma or has just died. Then, using MRI, EEG, and neural networks, they translate that person’s brain activity…
Is Every Other Child a Lucid Dreamer?
Researchers from France, led by Jean-Baptiste Eichenlaub, discovered that many pre-adolescent children (11–12 years old) experience lucid dreams. The scientists surveyed 1151 children, and only one in three had never…
September 14 2024 – Michael Schredl’s Birthday
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…
Do Out-of-Body Experiences Dissolve the Ego and Enhance Empathy?
Leaving one’s body alters one’s perspective on the world, leading to a sense of unity with others, dissolving the ego, and enhancing empathy. This is the hypothesis proposed in a…
Can Near-Death Experiences Be Induced by Psychedelics?
Researchers have repeatedly noted similarities between near-death experiences and the effects of psychedelic drugs. However, it’s incredibly challenging to find subjects to participate in scientific research on this topic since…
September 2 – Stephen LaBerge’s Birthday
Stephen LaBerge is an American psychophysiologist, the founder and head of the Lucidity Institute, and the author of books that are widely read by lucid dreamers around the world. In…
Sleep Paralysis Doesn’t Paralyze Everyone?
Italian researchers Costanza Colombo and Nicola Cellini conducted a survey on sleep paralysis among students. Students are often chosen as respondents since they often experience stress and constant sleep disruptions,…
Universities to Introduce Out-of-Body and Near-Death Experiences into Curricula
The Indian Institutes of Technology have sparked debate in society by introducing several mandatory courses for students, including courses on out-of-body and near-death experiences. The real goal is to promote…
August 16 2024 – Sergio Arthuro Mota-Rolim’s Birthday
Sergio Arthuro Mota-Rolim is a research collaborator at the Brain Institute and the Sleep Laboratory of the Onofre Lopes Hospital at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil).…
A Life Management Program for People Who Have Had Near-Death Experiences
Researchers from the Philippines, led by RaahAbishai Alanzalon, have proposed a comprehensive well-being and life management program for individuals who have had near-death experiences. The program aims to support survivors…
Do Near-Death Experiences Create Lucid Dreams and Cure Sleep Paralysis?
Researchers from New Zealand, led by Nicole Lindsay, have discovered a link between several phase states. The authors recruited 312 volunteers, including near-death experience survivors and a control group of…
REMspace Tops Startup Rankings
Crunchbase is a leading American resource that gathers information about businesses and tracks the emergence of promising startups. Crunchbase placed REMspace at the top of its July rankings, noting that…
Can Hypnosis Help People Recall Near-Death Experiences?
Around 10-12% of patients who have experienced cardiac arrest report having near-death experiences. But what about the rest? Could they have near-death experiences, too, and simply not remember them? This…
Do Near-Death Experiences Prove That a Human Is Not a Body?
The Greyson Scale includes sixteen signs that a survivor has truly experienced a near-death experience. American researchers Robert and Suzanne Mays believe that seven of them are incidental. These are…
White Lucid Dreaming
Researchers talk about “white dreaming,” a phenomenon involving one’s certain knowledge upon waking that they’ve had a dream combined with an inability to recall the dream’s plot. There’s also a…
Scientists Are Refining Lucid Dreaming Techniques
Researchers from Australia, led by Ema Demšar and involving lucid dreaming long-term researcher Martin Dresler, conducted an experiment to determine the ideal lucid dreaming technique. As the authors explain, the…
Lucid Dreaming as a Spiritual Practice
Lucid dreaming has been used as a spiritual practice in Tibetan dream yoga, which is thousands of years old. Today, some lucid dreamers perceive the world of lucid dreaming from…
