For my San Francisco Bay area readers, I"m announcing a free public event titled "Lucid Dreaming, Religion, and Cognitive Science" taking place next week at the Institute of Buddhist Studies. I'll be speaking about the history of lucid dreaming … [Read more...] about Lucid Dreaming, Religion and Cognitive Science
Dream & Sleep Research
New Survey for Finding the Meaning of Dreams
Here's another opportunity to participate in dream research. Carey Morewedge of Carnegie Mellon University and Michael Norton of Harvard are conducting a short survey on dreams and memory. I took it in less than 10 minutes. The results will be … [Read more...] about New Survey for Finding the Meaning of Dreams
Lucid Dreamers Wanted for Study on Hypnopompic Hallucinations
Theoretical Neurophysiologist Karl Simanonok, PhD is looking for lucid dreamers to join his study on "auditory binding," which is the hypothetical moment when consciousness "sticks to" the auditory system while waking up out of … [Read more...] about Lucid Dreamers Wanted for Study on Hypnopompic Hallucinations
Dreaming in Black and White
Do we usually dream in black & white" Or is the color in our remembered dreams just hard to remember? This has been a perplexing question for dream scientists for half a century, with most studies not able to report a firm conclusion. Here's a … [Read more...] about Dreaming in Black and White
September’s Moon Dreaming Post
Listen to Miles Davis's classic Moon Dreams while you read! Today, the day after the full moon, I looked back into the research on the Moon's Effect on Dreams done by the College of Metaphysics in Missouri. When I first blogged about their lucid … [Read more...] about September’s Moon Dreaming Post
The Logos of Dreaming
What is the logic behind dreams? Is dreaming only a pale imitation of our waking abilities, as some say, or does it represent an entirely different ability? This question has forever shadowed the scientific exploration of dreams. The question can … [Read more...] about The Logos of Dreaming