During my research on lucidity and the subconscious, I fell into a deficiency in understanding the brain's organelles that help assist the lucid reaction. Prior to this post, I understood that any conscious organism has the ability to experience the lucid state. Later, I understood that this claim is ignorant, for the true cause and reason behind lucidity has not yet been researched. Beside the validity of lucid dreams, we can only "hypothesize" that lucidity is caused by the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, which is one of the few areas deactivated during normal REM, and where memory takes place. Due to my lack of knowledge in neuropsychology, I may be completely wrong in this matter. If we do absolutely know what causes lucid dreams, please subside my rant.

To work backwards, I asked myself numerous questions that may help assist my research. Are there any known patients that are completely, physically unable to perform lucid dreams? Are other animals able to comprehend memory? Is there any known theory why some humans are more able to achieve lucidity than others? Are there any known genetic diseases that stop a person from attaining lucid dreams?

Thanks...