2020-06-26

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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.

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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. https://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. https://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

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Lucid drawing brain scans https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2737577/

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Brain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal_lobe#/media/File:Lobes_of_the_brain_NL.svg

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