Today in class we read an article called "A Dream Interpretation: Tuneups for the Brain," which mentioned lucid dreaming and how it occurs during a mixed state of consciousness, "a heavy dose of REM with a sprinkling of waking awareness." Ever since I experienced a lucid dream, I've been curious about lucid dreaming and why they occur, as well as what differentiates them from normal dreaming. I have only experienced lucid dreaming once, a few years ago, and it is the only dream that I can still remember vividly despite that it occurred a long time ago.
I also think it is very interesting that the article said that you could train yourself to lucid dream, which was an idea also talked about in the TED talk we saw. This idea made me very curious as to whether it is true for everyone or not, and if lucid dreaming is as beneficial as the man in the TED talk said it was.
There are numerous theories out there as to what causes lucid dreaming, so I am not sure what is true and what to believe, if it is something that occurs when you are closer to waking up or when you are in deeper sleep. I would like to experiment with this "training" for the brain to help lucid dream more, I think it would be a very interesting experience to see whether it makes a difference or not, and to test out some of the theories from the TED talk.
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