Uploaded December 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Even avid lucid dreamers primarily have non-lucid dreams. Why is this? In this video I provide my thoughts on this question and some scientific information about what is happening in the brain during REM sleep.

The book I mention in the video is the following:

Lucid Dreaming: New Perspectives on Consciousness in Sleep (Volume 1: Science, Psychology, and Education). 2014. By Ryan Hurd and Kelly Bulkeley, Editors. ISBN: 978-1-4408-2947-5