Lucid dreaming: Correspondence between dreamed and actual events in one subject during rem sleep
Peter Fenwick, Morton Schatzman, Alan Worsley, Joan Adams, Sonya Stone, Anne Baker
Biological Psychology June 1, 1984 DOI: 10.1016/0301-0511(84)90056-5 via OpenAlex
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractDuring lucid dreaming, a subject performed willed movements of fingers, toes, and feet, remembered tasks, and counted sensory stimuli. Dreamed speech was linked to respiration. Electromyographic activity associated with dreamed actions was stronger in flexor than in extensor limb muscles and never appeared in axial muscles.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Case study Case report Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 1 |
| Population | A lucid dreamer |
| Citations | 56 |
| Key finding | During lucid dreaming, dreamed actions produce EMG activity that is greater in flexor than extensor limb muscles and absent in axial muscles. |
Abstract
During lucid dreaming, a subject willed movements of his fingers, toes and feet, remembered tasks, and counted sensory stimuli. Dreamed speech was related to respiration. EMG activity corresponding to dreamed actions was greater in flexor than in extensor limb muscles and was never present in axial muscles.