Thread: Experiment: want help (quick)

I thought of an experiment while responding to another post. Here's what I want to do: we all know that certain parts of the brain are turned down during sleep. I want to see how much. This is what I propose. Next time you are lucid take a mind game or math problem that should take some thought, but isn't impossible hard.

Examples:

Derivate 3x^2 + 6x + 9
A circle has a radius of 4 inches, what's the area of a quarter of it
Name a song title starting with a, b, and c in that order

See how long it takes to do a simple (but processing intensive) task and then do the task while you're awake. I'm just curious, I'm going to try and remember next time that I'm lucid.

Derivatives?

Stupid derivatives.

I tried a simple addition last night and I couldn't do it. It was only five numbers.

"Differentiate," you mean?

Also, I wonder if too much thought in a dream could cause premature awakening. After all, you are taking focus off of the dream itself.

Oops, wrong word

I visualized the number in front of me so I didn't take focus from the dream.

im not to bright in math, but a while ago i had a 25 minute long Lucid Dream and i did some math and my math skills where normal.