Combining Wake-Up-Back-to-Bed with Cognitive Induction Techniques: Does Earlier Sleep Interruption Reduce Lucid Dream Induction Rate?
Clocks & sleep April 20, 2022 Daniel Erlacher, Vitus Furrer, Matthias Ineichen et al. 3 citations
Lucid dreaming, where dreamers are aware they are dreaming and can communicate with researchers in real time, offers a new way to study dreams. However, such research is limited because lucid dreamers are rare. In three experiments replicating an earlier method that successfully induced lucid dreams in 50% of participants, the researchers shortened the first sleep period to 4.5 hours (instead of 6), simplified morning awakenings, and tested a different induction technique. Only 26%, 0%, and 20% of participants reported lucid dreams, suggesting that earlier sleep interruption reduces success, that REM awakenings are necessary for induction, and that reality testing is less effective than the mnemonic technique.