Thread: Prospective Memory and Lucid Dreaming

Originally Posted by Zoth

Do you have the study that mentions that? According to Daniel 1990 (one of the top experts on the topic), RM is indeed used on PM. At the same time, Burgess, P.W. & Shallice's review also showed no independent functioning, so you got me curious.

I was reading mostly for my own edification, so I didn't make footnotes other than for a few particularity applicable studies. I recall reading about two schools of thought on the subject. One postulated that the retrieval phase of proactive memory was entirely automatic. As a side note, there were other areas on the topic wherein experts disagreed, or experiments led to conflicting conclusions.

Also, this study reveals self-reflective functions as the correlates of lucidity.

I'm not sure I understand what is meant by "self-reflective functions." Please elaborate.

Observing that one can become lucid even without memory, how do you account for this?

I don't know that one can become lucid without memory. Can you give me an example?