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Does lucid dreaming live up to the hype, and is it likely you'll have control if you actually lucid dream? In this video we chat about the history, the risks, and have a sip of my opinion.
REFERENCES 📚
Denis, D. (2016). Lucid Dreaming May Help Us Unravel the Mysteries of Consciousness. neurosciencenews.com/consciousness-lucid-dreaming-3363
Soffer-Dudek, N. (2020). Are Lucid Dreams Good for Us? Are We Asking the Right Question? A Call for Caution in Lucid Dream Research. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13(January), 1–4. doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.01423
Erlacher, D., & Schredl, M. (2010). Practicing a motor task in a lucid dream enhances subsequent performance: A pilot study. The Sport Psychologist, 24(2), 157-167.
Pavlou, A. (2019). I ’ m a lucid dream researcher – here ’ s how to train your brain to do it. theconversation.com/im-a-lucid-dream-researcher-heres-how-to-train-your-brain-to-do-it-118901
Mota-Rolim, S. A. (2020). On Moving the Eyes to Flag Lucid Dreaming. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 14.
Erlacher, D., & Schredl, M. (2008). Cardiovascular responses to dreamed physical exercise during REM lucid dreaming. Dreaming, 18(2), 112.
Schadow, C., Schredl, M., Rieger, J., and Göritz, A. S. (2018). The relationship between lucid dream frequency and sleep quality: two cross-sectional studies. Int. J. Dream Res. 11, 154–159. doi: 10.11588/ijodr.2018.2.48341
Doll, E., Gittler, G., and Holzinger, B. (2009). Dreaming, lucid dreaming and personality. Int. J. Dream Res. 2, 52–57. doi: 10.11588/ijodr.2009.2.142
Images used under CC 🖼
Sleeping Brain science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6465/628/tab-figures-data
Lucid drawing brain scans ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2737577
Prefrontal cortex en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefrontal_cortex#/media/File:Prefrontal_cortex_(left)_animation.gif
Brain en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal_lobe#/media/File:Lobes_of_the_brain_NL.svg
Fmri upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Varian4T.jpg/1024px-Varian4T.jpg
Dreams text by Biljana Jovanovic from Pixabay pixabay.com/users/BiljaST-2868488/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=4827288
MY PATREON: patreon.com/BrainCraft
And please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft ow.ly/rt5IE (and ring that bell 🧠)
To brush up on stats, science courses and more, go to brilliant.org/braincraft and sign up for free (also, the first 200 people will get 20% off the annual Premium subscription)
I'm talking about polyphasic sleep on the Big Think(!) 👉youtu.be/1Y-qLKZWyDs
All three episodes of Sleeping With Friends are LIVE youtube.com/watch?v=kVDHsMx78wk&list=PLQwg0PxpUPlr4JgRnSD9GEtiqt3zmKzJQ
My Twitter twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram instagram.com/nessyhill
Does lucid dreaming live up to the hype, and is it likely you'll have control if you actually lucid dream? In this video we chat about the history, the risks, and have a sip of my opinion.
REFERENCES 📚
Denis, D. (2016). Lucid Dreaming May Help Us Unravel the Mysteries of Consciousness. neurosciencenews.com/consciousness-lucid-dreaming-3363
Soffer-Dudek, N. (2020). Are Lucid Dreams Good for Us? Are We Asking the Right Question? A Call for Caution in Lucid Dream Research. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13(January), 1–4. doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.01423
Erlacher, D., & Schredl, M. (2010). Practicing a motor task in a lucid dream enhances subsequent performance: A pilot study. The Sport Psychologist, 24(2), 157-167.
Pavlou, A. (2019). I ’ m a lucid dream researcher – here ’ s how to train your brain to do it. theconversation.com/im-a-lucid-dream-researcher-heres-how-to-train-your-brain-to-do-it-118901
Mota-Rolim, S. A. (2020). On Moving the Eyes to Flag Lucid Dreaming. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 14.
Erlacher, D., & Schredl, M. (2008). Cardiovascular responses to dreamed physical exercise during REM lucid dreaming. Dreaming, 18(2), 112.
Schadow, C., Schredl, M., Rieger, J., and Göritz, A. S. (2018). The relationship between lucid dream frequency and sleep quality: two cross-sectional studies. Int. J. Dream Res. 11, 154–159. doi: 10.11588/ijodr.2018.2.48341
Doll, E., Gittler, G., and Holzinger, B. (2009). Dreaming, lucid dreaming and personality. Int. J. Dream Res. 2, 52–57. doi: 10.11588/ijodr.2009.2.142
Images used under CC 🖼
Sleeping Brain science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6465/628/tab-figures-data
Lucid drawing brain scans ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2737577
Prefrontal cortex en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefrontal_cortex#/media/File:Prefrontal_cortex_(left)_animation.gif
Brain en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal_lobe#/media/File:Lobes_of_the_brain_NL.svg
Fmri upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Varian4T.jpg/1024px-Varian4T.jpg
Dreams text by Biljana Jovanovic from Pixabay pixabay.com/users/BiljaST-2868488/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=4827288
