December 13, 2024 – Michelle Carr’s Birthday
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…
Lucid Dreaming for People with (Dis)abilities
We spend a third of our lives asleep, and some people can experience a full life only in their dreams. This prompted Ukrainian educators Voznyuk and Dubasenyuk to propose using…
Lucid Dreaming Infidelity Leads to Divorce
A young married man became the subject of an erotic story on Reddit. His marriage was quite ordinary: it involved love, taxes, and watching TV series, and there was no…
Will We Never See Another’s Deity?
Encounters with spiritual beings are common in near-death experiences. However, a person can see God, angels, or the afterlife according to their own religion and cultural traditions. This is evidenced…
November 26 – Celia Green’s Birthday
Celia Green is a researcher of lucid dreams and out-of-body experiences from the UK and one of the pioneers in the field. Interestingly, on her official website, she is listed…
Lucid Dreaming for Entrepreneurs
Australian philosopher David Leong argues that lucid dreaming—a state that represents a unique combination of theta, beta, and gamma brainwave activity—can be beneficial for generating business ideas and solutions. Theta…
Three Methods of Healing Through Dreams
Sleep restores our bodies and minds, both physically and psychologically. Indian researcher Ayush Srivastava proposed three methods to enhance this restorative process, primarily focusing on resolving psychological issues. The author…
Philosophers Tackle the Lucidity Problem
There’s a theory that dreaming is essentially imagining and visualizing. After all, a dream is a fabricated world we create ourselves. But what about lucid dreaming, where a person understands…
Do Lucid Dreams and Nightmares Lead to Depression?
How are lucid dreams related to psychological health? Researchers from the US and Canada, led by leading lucid dreaming researcher Michelle Carr, set out to find out. They surveyed 1332…
What Are Lucid Dream Researchers Working On?
Leading lucid dreaming researchers from Canada (Mallett, Nielsen) and the US (Konkoly, Carr, Paller) analyzed the main trends in the field. The authors have repeatedly published the results of groundbreaking…
November 16 – Michel Jouvet’s Birthday
Professor Michel Valentin Marcel Jouvet was a French neuroscientist, the leading sleep scientist of the 20th century, and effectively one of the founding fathers of European sleep science. In an…
Near-Death Experience or Alternative Life?
A near-death experience may be one of the phase states if a person experiences “adventures” while unconscious. For example, they might see angels, visit a paradise garden, or fly through…
LucidMe: The First Social Media Platform for Sharing Lucid Dreams
REMspace launches LucidMe, the first social media platform exclusively for sharing dreams, including lucid dreams, sleep paralysis experiences, false awakenings, and nightmares. The platform aims to create a community where…
Academic Stress → Sleep Paralysis?
Students are more likely to experience sleep paralysis than the general population. In their lives, they deal with various factors known to trigger this phenomenon, including stress, sleep deprivation, irregular…
The Manhattan Alien Abduction
In 1989, one of the most high-profile alien abduction cases took place: Linda Napolitano, a former singer—and a housewife living in New York City at the time—went to sleep in…
October 30, 2024 – Robert Monroe’s Birthday
Robert (Bob) Monroe was born in 1915 in Indiana (USA). He received a bachelor’s degree in English and worked at radio stations, but he is mostly known as a prominent…
Treating Nightmares with Lucid Dreaming
Sleep paralysis and nightmares can be turned into lucid dreams, allowing the dreamer to control the narrative. Scientists from the US, led by Jennifer Mundt and with the participation of…
Lucid Dreamers: Anxious, Active, and Flexible?
Some people are more prone to practicing lucid dreaming than others. This is the conclusion drawn from a new study by Japanese researchers Junyi Shi and Eiko Matsuda, who surveyed…
Using Humor and Prayer to Manage Sleep Paralysis
We naturally experience paralysis every night when we sleep. This is necessary to prevent the sleeper from acting out their dreams, which could lead them to harm to themselves and…
Lucid Dreaming as a Safe Space
Australian researchers Bonamino, Watling, and Polman have explored lucid dreaming among adolescents. Though they previously focused on in-dream sports training, they have expanded the scope of their work to include…
