Thread: Think you can do anything in a lucid dream? Participate in an empirical study!

Hey everyone,

I am writing my senior thesis on lucid dreaming, and I would love your input. All that is required is that you rate the difficulty of performing certain activities in the lucid dream state. Relatively few people are able to control their dreams, so if you are one of those gifted individuals, please consider taking part, as your responses are crucial to my finding any significant results. I will be collecting data until the end of this month (March 31, 2008).

I have listed six activities below, but I understand that not everyone will be able to try every single one, so focus on the first two before moving on to the others. Please note that I'm only looking for ratings from lucid dreams that occur after you've read the experiment, not past experiences or guesses. Also, don’t forget to answer the two questions at the end. If you have any concerns, or would like me to send you the results, feel free to email me at robert[dot]piller[at]pomona[dot]edu. Again, your participation is deeply appreciated.

Activities:
Please rate the difficulty of performing each activity in a lucid dream, on a scale from 1 (extremely easy) to 7 (extremely difficult/impossible). If you do not try an activity, please answer n/a (not applicable).

1. Read and understand a sentence. Difficulty (1-7 or n/a):
2. Observe and understand a painting. Difficulty (1-7 or n/a):

3. Write a sentence with a pencil. Difficulty (1-7 or n/a):
4. Draw an outline of a cube with a pencil. Difficulty (1-7 or n/a):

5. Speak a sentence you have never heard before. Difficulty (1-7 or n/a):
6. Hum a song you have never heard before. Difficulty (1-7 or n/a):

Two more quick questions:
–How many lucid dreams do you have in the average month:
–With which hand do you write:

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