Thread: Current research?

Sleep walking is a pretty neat topic. I kind of assumed anyone who had experienced it in their lives did when they were children, and stopped as they grew older. That seems like it's not the case.

I wanted to throw a quick reply in and include a couple good resources for anyone interested in research surrounding lucid dreaming.

One is the pubmed search page, a service of the National Library of Medicine. Turns out I was looking in the wrong places for research on LD, I'm used to searching general science journals, not medical journals (doh!) You'll notice 9 pages of studies returned on this search alone. You can search for 'lucid dream' to get specific results. Not all articles are accessible without some type of subscription however some people here may be able to access articles at their public library or university library if they are a current student.

This shows the diversity of the studies regarding LD by very reputable universities throughout the world. If you see an article you like, follow the link and look near the upper right hand corner of the abstract page for some type of 'free access' link, if one is available.

Another interesting source is the Journal of Sleep Research's free pages. Simply click on the year and issue you'd like to view. There are HTML pages and pdf's available.

Which leaves me to wonder why people find lucid dreaming as something extremely paranormal or impossible? Even journal articles not specifically pertaining to lucid dreaming make frequent references to it, albeit as a rare occurrence but it has been shown that with practice they can occur more frequently. As many people reading this can attest.