Does Lucid Dreaming Erase Reality Boundaries, and Is It Hazardous to the Psyche?
Japanese scientist Kazuhiko Fukuda expressed doubts that studies on lucid dreaming can be objective because this phenomenon is difficult to induce in a laboratory, and authors’ conclusions are often based…
Do Normal People Fear Sleep Paralysis While Those with Mental Illnesses Enjoy It?
The prevalence of sleep paralysis is usually higher among psychiatric patients than among the general population. However, even completely healthy individuals experience such episodes. Researchers Nabeela Raza (Pakistan) and Anum…
Can a Near-Death Experience Destroy Your Family and Career?
Africa is filled with calamities: demonstrations and killings, diseases, rape, robberies, and road accidents. As noted by South African researcher Orunsolu Elizabeth Olufunmilayo, there are plenty of opportunities to study…
What Brain Waves Are Predominant During Sleep Paralysis?
Czech researchers led by Filip Černý studied EEG data of people suffering from sleep paralysis. The study involved 17 patients who reported regular episodes and 17 individuals who served as…
Scientists Influence Dream Plots Using Currents
Under the leadership of Emma Peters, scientists from Switzerland and the Netherlands conducted an experiment in order to find a reliable method of inducing lucid dreams. The group also included…
Sports Training for Adolescents in Lucid Dreaming
Researchers have studied the possibility of sports training in lucid dreaming. Clarita Bonamino from Australia focused on adolescents and young people aged 14 to 21. They were classified as athletes…
Doctors Ask Researchers to Find a Cure for Sleep Paralysis
An international group of medical scientists led by Mahmoud Tarek Hefnawy has published an open letter in a scientific journal calling for researchers to address the issue of sleep paralysis.…
Is Sleep Paralysis a Psychosocial Disorder?
An international group of scientists led by Mahmoud Hefnawy reviewed existing studies on sleep paralysis. A total of 76 papers from 25 countries were analyzed, covering over 26,000 patients. The…
How to Make Lucid Dreaming Realistic: A Comparison of Eight Techniques
In lucid dreaming, sensations can be more realistic than in waking life. However, they are sometimes vague, which is a problem. Researchers from REMspace (Andrey Shashkov, Michael Raduga, Anna Nav,…
Scientists Induced a Group of People into Lucid Dreaming by Deception
German scientists, under the direction of Beate Klofat, conducted an experiment using the classic wake-up-back-to-bed (WBTB) technique, but they did not inform the participants of the true goals of the…
How to Achieve Lucid Dreaming with a Smartphone
In 2020, a group of researchers led by Michelle Carr conducted an experiment in which participants were to achieve lucid dreaming using cognitive training (self-suggestion techniques) and external stimulation (cueing…
New Service at a London Hotel: Lucid Dream Room
The Kimpton Fitzroy London hotel has introduced a new service: guests can purchase special items for lucid dreaming, including a dream journal, special tea, drops, pillow aroma (all of which…
Artificial Intelligence for Lucid Dreams: Still in Testing, but Already on Sale
In the fall of 2023, the ambitious startup Prophetic promised to create a device for inducing lucid dreams that would operate based on artificial intelligence similar to ChatGPT. As reported…
Researchers Drive a Tesla from a Lucid Dream
Would you like to influence the real world while in a lucid dream? While dreaming, would you like to compose a piece of music or hold a conversation with Einstein?…
Do Near-Death Experiences Lead to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?
The near-death experience is often a positive phase state involving, for example, seeing a paradise garden, having encounters with deceased loved ones and angels, flying through a tunnel towards light,…
Can Synchronizing Brain Biorhythms Lead to Shared Dreams?
The idea of shared dreaming is popular among lucid dreamers. A group of authors led by Denis Banchenko hypothesized that there is a biological environment, a certain field inside which…
The Near-Death Experience: Truth or Lie?
The near-death experience is one of the most challenging phase states to study. The vast majority of research consists of surveys of survivors, and scientists are forced to draw conclusions…
Can Healing in Lucid Dreams Be Evaluated Through Saliva?
In 2022, American researcher Garret Yount conducted an ambitious six-day course on healing in lucid dreams for post-traumatic stress disorder. Later, as part of a group of scientists from the…
Chinese Scientists Break the Taboo on the Topic of Death
An international group of researchers from China, Belgium, and Canada, led by Yan Li, translated the famous Greyson near-death experience scale into Chinese. They noted that interest in this phenomenon…
Sexual Hallucinations During Sleep Paralysis
Sexual hallucinations can include images, sensations of touch, erotic dialogue, and even orgasms. However, these experiences are not as pleasant as one might think. Most of them are frightening and…
