Hey everyone! Some of you may know me by now, others of you not so much just yet. So Hi!

I was talking to my friend about Lucid dreaming. She raised a concern that piqued my intrest, so I figured I'd ask it here.

Dreams are supposed to be times for the subconcious to process, sort, and organize information from the far and diverse realms of your brain. But lucid dreams on some level tend to involve parts of the concious mind. Does anyone know if there have been studies done on the effects of regular lucid dreaming on the mind, then?

I know lucids are common enough that most people have experienced lucids naturally before ever trying to induce them. I suppose useful studies would involve comparing people who naturally lucid frequently and those who do not in areas of memory and learning speeds and such. We know there are benefits to the concious mind to having lucid dreams, but does involving the concious mind effect, either positively or negatively, the job the subconcious mind is doing during dreams?

Just curious, and asking for my friend as well. Even if you don't know of a study, your opinion on the matter would also be useful, as I know some of you regularily lucid. Thanks!