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The Lucidity Institute is an incorporated research institute founded in 1987 by Stephen LaBerge that supports lucid dreaming research and development of techniques that help people achieve lucid dreams (conscious dreams).
Gayle Delaney, PhD (1983–85) – IASD co-founder and Oprah dream expert; Stephen LaBerge, PhD – IASD co-founder, psychophysiologist and lucid dreaming specialist [22] Robert Van de Castle (1985–1986) [23] Ernest Hartmann, professor, psychoanalyst and sleep researcher (1987–1988) Jayne Gackenbach, PhD (1988–1989)
Lucid Dreaming: The power of being aware and awake in your dreams. J.P. Tarcher. ISBN 0-87477-342-3. LaBerge, Stephen; Rheingold, Howard (1990). Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming. National Geographic Books. ISBN 0-345-37410-X. LaBerge, Stephen (2004). Lucid Dreaming: A Concise Guide to Awakening in Your Dreams and in Your Life. ISBN 1-59179 ...
A lucid dream is one in which the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming. They are able to exert some or a complete control over the dream's characters, narrative and/or environment. Early references to the phenomenon are found in ancient Greek texts.
With other lucid-dream-inducing technologies, sleepers have been able to enter the lucid dream state, but they can quickly forget they are dreaming or get overexcited and wake up, he said.
In a 2004 study on lucid dream frequency and personality, a moderate correlation between nightmare frequency and frequency of lucid dreaming was demonstrated. Some lucid dreamers also reported that nightmares are a trigger for dream lucidity. [60] Previous studies have reported that lucid dreaming is more common among adolescents than adults. [61]
In 1968 Green published Lucid Dreams, a study of a phenomenon described by Green as when a dreamer consciously changes the content of their dreams. [9] [10] The possibility of conscious insight during dreams had previously been treated with scepticism by some philosophers [11] and psychologists [12] and scientific skepticism continued after her book was published.
Techniques for extending hypnagogia range from informal (e.g. the subject holds up one of their arms as they go to sleep, to be awakened when it falls), [48] to the use of biofeedback devices to induce a "theta" state – produced naturally the most when we are dreaming – characterized by relaxation and theta EEG activity. [49]