Thread: An idea for having Lucid Dreams the scientific way

A problem we all have in dreams is that we see absurd going ons but we fail to realize that these things just don't happen in waking life, we just accept them and move on failing to recognize the obvious signs of a dream in progress.

According to Wikipedia the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is involved in lucid dreams.

This is what they have to say on that:

The first step to lucid dreaming is recognizing that one is dreaming. This recognition might occur in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, which is one of the few areas deactivated during REM sleep and where non sleeping memory occurs.

In theory, one would stimulate this area of the brain during REM sleep (with electrodes) and this would activate that region of the brain( in theory giving the person much more awareness) thus increasing their chances of having a lucid dream exponentially.

What do you guys all think? Would it work? Would the electrode stimulation of the brain startle a patient awake at all?

Note to mods: because this is about science and lucid dreams i think this is the appropiate forum. Plz dont move this