A way into lucid dreaming is to ‘really get obsessed with your dreams’, says Dr Ken Paller.Illustration: Carmen Casado/The Guardian Usually, we don’t have much say in what we dream about. Our brains ...

After analyzing many previous studies on lucid dreaming, researchers have defined it as a state that differs significantly from both REM sleep and wakefulness. The awareness of dreaming during a lucid ...

Lucid dreaming takes regular dreams to a whole new level. Roughly one in two people have reported experiencing lucid dreaming at least once in their life, but only about 1/10 say they've had two or ...

In a health and wellness culture that reveres sleep, popular but under-researched topics are lucid dreaming and vivid dreaming. But what exactly do those terms mean? And how might they improve our ...

The MILD technique, for example, is most effective if a person wakes up during the night, stays awake for approximately 30 to ...

Scientists have mapped brain activity during lucid dreaming for the first time, showing increased gamma activity in the precuneus region at the moment of becoming lucid During lucid dreaming, brain ...

You’re hurtling down the highway, not a car in sight. Suddenly, a large semi-truck appears out of nowhere. You’re aware of the fact that you won’t have enough time to hit the brakes, so you take ...

Lucid dreaming is the state of becoming aware one is dreaming while still being within the dream. To what end? That awareness may allow one to influence the dream itself, and the possibilities of that ...