Lucid dreams are dreams in which you are aware you are dreaming. Here, sleep experts explain how to lucid dream and the potential health benefits of lucid dreaming.

As one example, a study in 2005 saw psychologists talk to 10 people who reported abduction by space aliens and found their claims were “linked to apparent episodes of sleep paralysis during ...

Lucid dreams: In a lucid dream, the dreamer is aware that they’re dreaming. This sometimes allows them to take control of the dream, changing the setting, characters, and events as they see fit.

Sleep researcher Dr. Jeffrey Iliff answers the internet's burning questions about sleep. What causes sleep paralysis? Can we control our lucid dreams? Why do naps make us more tired? Can you ever ...

While many experience lucid dreams very vividly, others feel it like a haze. In the 1970s, Stanford psychophysiologist Stephen LaBerge proposed the concept of lucid dreaming, but many were skeptical.

After analyzing many previous studies on lucid dreaming, researchers have defined it as a state that differs significantly from both REM sleep and wakefulness. The awareness of dreaming during a ...

Sleep paralysis occurs at the transition between wakefulness and rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep. During this stage of sleep, you have crisp life-like dreams. To prevent you from acting out these ...

Allowing customers to tap into lucid dreaming could pave the way for productivity at nighttime— for example, engineers could code in their sleep, per Fortune. People spend approximately one ...

4. Wake-Back-to-Bed (WBTB) Set an alarm to wake yourself up after 5-6 hours of sleep. Stay awake for about 20-30 minutes engaging in a quiet, relaxing activity such as reading about lucid dreaming ...

After analyzing many previous studies on lucid dreaming, researchers have defined it as a state that differs significantly from both REM sleep and wakefulness. The awareness of dreaming during a ...