Two-Way Communication in Lucid REM Sleep Dreaming.
Benjamin Baird, Stephen LaBerge, Giulio Tononi
Trends in cognitive sciences June 1, 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2021.04.004 via PubMed
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractLucid dreamers can use eye movements to report on their dream content in real time during REM sleep, challenging the long-held belief that dreamers are completely isolated from the outside world. Sensory input is not entirely suppressed during sleep. A recent study by Konkoly et al. demonstrates that experimenters can question lucid dreamers during ongoing dreams and explores the feasibility of more extended two-way communication during lucid REM sleep dreaming.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Lucid dreamers |
| Citations | 13 |
| Key finding | Lucid dreamers can engage in real-time two-way communication with experimenters during REM sleep dreaming. |
Abstract
Dreamers were long thought absolutely isolated from the outside world. Yet psychophysiological studies over the past 40 years have firmly established that lucid dreamers can use eye movements to report on their dream content in real time while in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. We now also know that sensory input is not completely suppresssed during sleep. A recent study by Konkoly et al. illustrates how experimenters can question lucid dreamers during ongoing dreams and asks whether more extended two-way communication during lucid REM sleep dreaming is feasible.