Thread: Studying while lucid

I've always wanted to try this, especially since I have bad dreams about exams the night before anyways.
Considering how random the stuff that shows up in my dreams can be, I'm not sure if I'd trust any of the information. I mean theoretically you could read your textbook once, then reread it in your dreams. But I think if you did that you'd be more likely to just end up writing "The purple polka dotted elephants can't swim." for your essays. Of course some people may have the control and attention to pull it off.

I think you could probably rehearse things easily, though. Like a presentation or something like that.

Lucid dreaming could actually be used to study things like organic chemistry and molecular structures. If you could just imagine the molecules floating in midair, it would definitely beat trying to draw them or use model kits! I was thinking about that the other day

Because of the fact that apparently we're all closer to our subconscious, my thought would be that our learning would be super during lucidity! I must try this!

Learning during lucidity (if it worked) would be an execellent way to study for those who are chronic lazy-asses, like me.

Maybe your Dream Guide would help you!

If you study before going to sleep, all the information will get processed automaticly in your dreams! Even without lucid dreaming, your brain will study the material during the dreams. When you study your lessons just before going to sleep, you will remember and understand them alot better.

Originally Posted by Shift

Lucid dreaming could actually be used to study things like organic chemistry and molecular structures. If you could just imagine the molecules floating in midair, it would definitely beat trying to draw them or use model kits! I was thinking about that the other day

Yup, as a matter of fact, Albert Einstein claims to have gotten the idea of the relativity theory through some sort of lucid dreaming. He just calls it his daydreaming imagination.

Theres another very important scientist who did it this way. Nikola Tesla, the guy who brought electricty and all kind of waves to our lives, from radiowaves to microwaves.. this guy made all this inventions in his dreams, and if you read his autobiography he really stresses the importance of developing each invention in his dreams first, and later, when the invention is completed and working as intended (in his dreams) he recreates the invention in real life and he claims it always worked right away just as he dreamed it would work.

Originally Posted by ChaybaChayba

When you study your lessons just before going to sleep, you will remember and understand them alot better.

A very good point. I find studying, sleeping, then getting up to review before an exam is much more effective than an all-nighter. Napping after studying is also great reinforcement for your good studying behavior haha

Originally Posted by ChaybaChayba

made all this inventions in his dreams, and if you read his autobiography he really stresses the importance of developing each invention in his dreams first, and later, when the invention is completed and working as intended (in his dreams) he recreates the invention in real life and he claims it always worked right away just as he dreamed it would work.

Exactly, I don't think I would trust the strangeness of dreams to review facts, because there's the chance that you could just confuse yourself in the craziness of the dream. But if you are already an expert in something, and need to visualize it, or build it, you could do that. That would be out of this world, and artists and scientists are known for getting inspiration from dreams.

Like right now I am procrastinating studying for a marine bio final. If I could just go to sleep, and imagine the creation of the universe by the nebular theory, experience the outgassing of the planet, see isostatic adjustment taking place with the tectonic plates, walk through the different zones of intertidal beaches... that would be an amazing way to study. And to motivate yourself to study later!