In a world first, a new study conducted by a California-based neurotechnology company has recorded two-way communication between sleeping individuals during lucid dreaming. Using special tracking ...

Lucid dreams are when you know you’re dreaming while you’re asleep. Studies suggest that about 50% of all people have had at least one lucid dream. About 20% of lucid dreamers have them monthly. And a ...

A lucid dream is one in which the person is aware they are in fact dreaming. The practice of Lucid dreaming has been adopted by people to gain clarity, a deeper understanding of themselves or even for ...

In simple terms, lucid dreaming can feel like a "virtual reality" experience, Alex Dimitriu, MD, a double board-certified physician in psychiatry and sleep medicine and founder of Menlo Park ...

Dreams can often be confusing and blurry experiences. Reduced critical thinking, little to no access to our true memories, and heightened impulsivity and emotions during normal dream states often make ...

Lucid dreaming is not only real but is relatively common. A person is experiencing a lucid dream if they become aware that they are dreaming during the dream. Movies such as Inception have popularized ...

If you want to try lucid dreaming, some strategies, including performing reality checks, can help train your mind to recognize its own consciousness. Lucid dreaming is when you’re conscious during a ...

I was sitting in my room when I asked myself, “Am I dreaming right now?” I looked around at my surroundings and immediately noticed a large elephant standing in the middle of my room, hardly fitting ...

Picture this: You’re flying through the clouds, swimming with dolphins, or strolling through a beach at sunset—all of it happening while you’re sound asleep. Now, imagine being fully aware of all of ...

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 ...

Dreams are a strange realm that we all visit, and yet we often have only the vaguest memories of the unusual places and events we experience there. In the last century, methods such as polysomnography ...