A comprehensive proposal for a conceptual framework for describing conscious experience
in dreams, integrating philosophy of mind, sleep and dream research, and interdisciplinary …

The idea that dreaming is a simulation of the waking world is currently becoming a far more
widely shared and accepted view among dream researchers. Several philosophers …

In lucid dreams the dreamer is aware that he or she is dreaming. Although such dreams are
not that uncommon, many aspects of lucid dream phenomenology are still unclear. An …

Dreams are sometimes described as an intensified form of spontaneous waking thought.
Lucid dreams may seem to be a counterexample, because metacognitive insight into the fact …

Objective Many people have dreams nightly and some maintain consciousness during
dreams. Such dreams are referred to as lucid dreams (LD). During dreams, our speech …

Lucid dreamers may encounter not only friendly but also threatening dream figures in their
lucid dreams. The present study of German-speaking lucid dreamers explored the frequency …

Despite the fact that lucid dream research and transpersonal psychology have common
grounds, overlapping interests and a great potential to contribute to each other, the two …

Two exploratory online experiments were carried out to investigate the interaction between
dream characters and the dream ego in lucid dreams. Lucid dreamers were recruited via an …

Lucid dreams (LDs) occur when people become aware that they are dreaming. This
phenomenon has a wide range of possible applications from the perspectives of …

The notions of continuity and discontinuity are discussed in relation to the phenomenon of
lucid dreaming (awareness of dreaming while dreaming). Lucid dreams seem to be more …