Lucid dreams are defined as dreams in which the dreamers are aware of the fact that they
are dreaming as dreams continue. It has been~ 12 years since the last review of the …

We explore the application of a wide range of sensory stimulation technologies to the area of
sleep and dream engineering. We begin by emphasizing the causal role of the body in …

Dreams take us to a different reality, a hallucinatory world that feels as real as any waking
experience. These often-bizarre episodes are emblematic of human sleep but have yet to be …

Dreams have long captivated human curiosity, but empirical research in this area has faced
significant methodological challenges. Recent interdisciplinary advances have now opened …

Lucid dreaming (LD) is a mental state in which we realize not being awake but are dreaming
while asleep. It often involves vivid, perceptually intense dream images as well as peculiar …

Sleep is typically considered a state of disconnection from the environment, yet instances of
external sensory stimuli influencing dreams have been reported for centuries. Explaining …

Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter and neuromodulator involved in a variety of cognitive
functions. Additionally, acetylcholine is involved in the regulation of REM sleep: cholinergic …

Sleep facilitates memory consolidation through offline reactivations of memory traces.
Dreaming may play a role in memory improvement and may reflect these memory …

Therapies focused on lucid dreaming could be useful for treating various sleep disorders
and other conditions. Still, one major roadblock is the paucity of systematic information on …

Lucid dreaming offers many opportunities to study consciousness processes. However,
laboratory research in this area is limited because frequent lucid dreamers are rare. Several …