Thread: Lucid time!?

Dr. LaBerge did an experiment where the dreamer had to move their eyes in a specific pattern, count to ten, and perform the same eye movements (dreamers move their real eyes along with their dream eyes). He found that they counted almost exactly ten seconds in real time within a few milliseconds. So, dream time and real time are the same.

My theory is that your mind is so clear of external information that it is able to think much faster than normal. This would make it seem like a lot of time is passed, when in fact, your mind is just working faster.

I've actually experienced the opposite. Sometimes when I wake up in the middle of the night, I listen to music. If I am really groggy, then the song seems to play faster than normal. I thought about it, and came to the conclusion that my mind was functioning slower. It wears off as I wake up some more.

I guess you could compare your mind to a computer. If there aren't too many programs running at the same time, it works faster on the few tasks it is doing. If there are a lot of programs running, it starts to slow down. By programs, I mean external stimuli (like the five senses).

So to sum it up, I think that dreams seem as long as they do because your mind is working faster than normal.