- Approximately eight out of 10 people have had a lucid dream,
in which they were conscious of their dreaming, at least once. -
Parts of the brain tend to work together more intensely during
lucid dreaming than in other dream phases. - Lucid dreaming is
useful for treating chronic nightmares and perhaps even anxiety.
I moved my eyes, and I realized that I was asleep in bed. When I
saw the beautiful landscape start to blur, I thought to myself,
“This is my dream; I want it to stay!” And the scene reappeared.
Then I thought to myself how nice it would be to gallop through
this landscape. I got myself a horse … I could feel myself
riding the horse and lying in bed at the same time. So recounted
a test subject in the sleep laboratory at the University of Bonn
in Germany. This particular sleeper was having a lucid dream, in
which the dreamer recognizes that he or she is dreaming and can
sometimes influence the course of the dream. By measuring the
brain waves of lucid dreamers, my colleagues and I are gaining a
be