Scientific research: Max Planck - New perspectives for the study of lucid dreaming

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I haven't seen this recent study referenced here in dreamviews and thought it would be of interest. Th Max Planck Institute took a close look at brain activity during lucid dreaming, using MRI. Research | Research news | The seat of meta-consciousness in the brain I've attached the full paper, in case anyone here has time to grok it and provide some further analysis. “The general basic activity of the brain is similar in a normal dream and in a lucid dream,” says Michael Czisch, head of a research group at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry. “In a lucid state, however, the activity in certain areas of the cerebral cortex increases markedly within seconds. The involved areas of the cerebral cortex are the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, to which commonly the function of self-assessment is attributed, and the frontopolar regions, which are responsible for evaluating our own thoughts and feelings. The precuneus is also especially active, a part of the brain that has long been linked with self-perception.” The findings confirm earlier studies and have made the neural networks of a conscious mental state visible for the first time.