Sleep Paralysis and Lucid Dreaming-Between Waking and Dreaming: A Review about Two Extraordinary States.
Journal of clinical medicine May 12, 2023 Severin Ableidinger, Brigitte Holzinger 13 citations
Sleep paralysis and lucid dreams are both connected to REM sleep but differ in emotional tone and perceived controllability. A review of 10 studies, mostly surveys plus a case study, a randomized trial, and an EEG study, found positive and significant correlations between sleep paralysis and lucid dreaming in most of the studies, indicating a connection between the two states. Research remains limited and methodologically diverse, and future work should develop standardized methods for examining both phenomena.