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So can zapping the brain really induce lucid dreams?

By Ryan Hurd

TL;DR answer: it's beginning to look pretty likely. In case you missed it, in 2014 researchers in Germany confirmed that zapping the brain of subjects can routinely induce lucid dreams. (By zapping, I mean applying a low voltage current … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming, New Dream Studies Tagged With: 40hz entrainment, Aladdin, lucid dreaming simulation, tACS

Our new galantamine dream study is now looking for participants

By Ryan Hurd

Calling all dreamers! The latest chapter of our dream research on galantamine has begun and we are looking for subjects in the USA.  If you qualify, you can participate from the comfort of your home. Read the announcement, and if you believe you are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming, New Dream Studies Tagged With: Dream & Sleep Research, Galantamine, lucid dreaming pill

Does Galantamine Affect Lucid Dreams? A New Research Update

By Ryan Hurd

I realized today that this month is the 9 year anniversary of the Dream Studies Portal. That blows me away. What started out as a blog meant to keep me writing after leaving grad school is now announcing the results of my own original dream … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming, New Dream Studies Tagged With: Galantamine, galantamine research, Galanthamine, lucid dreaming pill, PTSD

Facing the tornado that’s been chasing me all my life

By Ryan Hurd

Our memory of dreaming is absolutely terrible.  Perhaps it’s by design, but most likely it's just an artifact of the terribleness of human memory in general. However, if you keep a dream journal for longer than a few months, and especially for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming, Working with Dreams Tagged With: cinderella, Lucid Dreaming, lucid ignition, tornado dream interpretation, zombies

What happens when we let go of control in our lucid dreams?

By Ryan Hurd

One of the biggest misconceptions about lucid dreaming is that trying to induce lucidity—rather than letting it come spontaneously—will only produce low-quality lucid dreams. Not soulful encounters, and certainly not big dreams. I find this so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: advanced lucid dreaming, initiation dreams, Lucid Dreaming, lucid ignition, lucid soul

Growing Down into Soulful Lucid Dreaming

By Ryan Hurd

Most lucid dreamers I talk to are looking for ways to become more lucid, as well as have longer lucid dreams that are powerful and memorable. In this quest, we often forget about the power of our emotions. What a missed opportunity—dreaming is built … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: Lucid Dreaming, lucidity, soulful lucidity, spiritual experience

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