Thread: The Science Behind Lucid Dreaming

That's interesting, that the write believes lucid dreaming to be "between" REM and waking consciousness. If that's the case lucid dreamers really do attain a new level of awareness.

Originally Posted by PolicemanFox

That's interesting, that the write believes lucid dreaming to be "between" REM and waking consciousness. If that's the case lucid dreamers really do attain a new level of awareness.

Yes, very interesting. Gives us a little bit of a scientific foundation on which to build further study of the specific physiological mechanisms of lucid dreaming.

Originally Posted by PolicemanFox

That's interesting, that the write believes lucid dreaming to be "between" REM and waking consciousness. If that's the case lucid dreamers really do attain a new level of awareness.

I've always heard it not as a between sort of thing, but as parts. What I mean is that when you go to sleep, certain parts of your brain shut down. Not all of it, though. And with LDing, somebody those parts "wake" back up. Usually people talk about the logic center of the brain being one of those parts.

If you're looking for more science-y lucid dreaming info, Stephen LaBerge has written many books on it.