Thread: Stephen LaBerge: There is no time dilation within dreams?

LaBerge's claim is quite misinforming: the fact that his experiment demonstrated dream time correlating with real time, 1:1, does not imply that time dilation cannot occur. At best it implies that, 'in some situations', dream time = real time. The data cannot say any more....any further conclusions are assumptions.

And as I'm sure others have noted, there is a marked difference between objective measures of time and the subjective feeling of time. That is, when awake, the passing of 1 hour can erroneously be felt to be 30 minutes - lack of attention to duration-based/rhythmically changing stimuli will do this. I think activation of the sympathetic nervous system may alter the subjective feeling of time too, i.e. fear, anger, competitive behaviour (sports), sexual arousal, fights etc - my dreams are always action-based, and so I don't have time for time.

Just like when someone witnesses something horrific, or is involved in a car crash etc....everything appears to be in slower motion. Thank you sympathetic nervous system.

Though do take what I say with critical thought.