COVID-19 Quarantine Increased Incidence of Sleep Paralysis in Narcoleptics
In October 2020 the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine published a study in which Brazilian scientists from the Federal University of São Paulo assessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic…
Famous Blogger Shared a Story of “Paranormal” Dreams
On Halloween Eve, Singaporean blogger and DJ Jade Rasif posted a series of Instagram stories describing how her family experienced “paranormal” occurrences in their sleep. At the age of 9,…
Out-of-Body Experiences: Fear or Revelation?
How does an out-of-body experience (OBE) affect the people who have had it? Dutch scientist Elpine M. de Boer tried to answer this question in a study published in October…
Does Ketamine Reveal the Nature of Out-of-Body Experience?
Ketamine is a wide spectrum anesthetic, which in recent years has become an illegal substance in many countries due to drug abuse. However, while some scientists and medical professionals debate…
What Can Near-Death Experiences Tell Us About the Brain?
A man named Kevin nearly died in a motorcycle accident that left him unconscious. As he approached the point of collision, his life flashed before his eyes. After the incident,…
Insufficient or Excessive Sleep Leads to Sleep Paralysis and Lucid Dreams
Scientists have found a correlation between sleep duration and lucid dreaming, sleep paralysis, and out-of-body experiences (OBE). People who sleep more than 9 hours a day are more at risk…
The Color Green in a Dream Enhances Creativity
Creativity is known to play a prominent role in lucid dreaming. For example, some scientists are inclined to hypothesize that a penchant for fantasy enhances the bizarreness and vividness of…
Lack of Reality Checks Leads to “Paranormal Activity”
Is the frequency of lucid dreams, nightmares, and sleep paralysis related to deficiencies in reality testing and the dreamer’s paranormal experiences or beliefs? Scientists from Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, tried…
Eye Movement as a Method of Lucid Dreams Confirmation Under Scrutiny
The scientific method of registration of lucid dreams – based on instructing dreamers to move their eyes in a dream at the moment of awareness – was first applied in…
What is More Bizarre: Lucid Dreams or Non-Lucid Dreams?
Not much research on lucid dreaming has come out of Asia so far. At the same time, the only study conducted in China in 2008 shocked scientists from other countries,…
Travel Agency Offers Dream Journey During COVID-19 Quarantine
At a time when international air travel seems like a dream to many people, lucid dreams are a way to travel without any regard for physical or legal limitations. For…
Most Comprehensive Study on Lucid Dreaming Techniques Published
In July 2020, the scientific journal Frontiers in Psychology published an article authored by Denholm J. Aspy from the University of Adelaide, Australia, in which the scientist summarizes many years…
Scientists Attempt to Recreate Real World Scenes in Lucid Dreams
Lucid dreaming is often associated with control over the plot of dreams, although the limitations of this control are not yet fully understood. In a new study, scientist Remington Mallett,…
New Dream Control Device Released
It is not a secret that many lucid dream practitioners know how to control the content of their dreams. This phenomenon has also aroused great interest among developers and engineers.…
Four Main Triggers for Lucid Dreaming
Despite the fact that lucid dreaming is experienced spontaneously by about 50% of the general population, scientists still cannot explain the mechanisms by which a person is able to realize…
Scientist Writes Fiction About Lucid Dreams
Many famous writers from different eras have used dream-motifs in their works. However, the number of dream scientists who have published books of fiction is quite small. “The Dreamkeepers: An…
