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Jayne Gackenbach

Encouraging Lucid Dreaming with Video Games

By Ryan Hurd

Mom was wrong: video games don’t rot your brain. Gaming can actually develop your focus, self-esteem, and mental balance; which are all useful skills for encouraging lucidity in dreams... and in waking life. Lucid dream … [Read more...] about Encouraging Lucid Dreaming with Video Games

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming, Technology Tagged With: field independence, Jayne Gackenbach, Lucid Dreaming, video games

Perspectives on Lucid Dreaming: the 2011 PsiberDreaming Conference

By Ryan Hurd

  Interested in rubbing elbows with some of the top dream experts today?  I invite you to join me at the 10th annual PsiberDreaming Conference. The con is entirely online, hosted by the International Association for the Study of Dreams. This year’s … [Read more...] about Perspectives on Lucid Dreaming: the 2011 PsiberDreaming Conference

Filed Under: Hearsay, Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: dream conference, Fariba Bogzaran, Jayne Gackenbach, Lucid Dreaming, Psiberdreaming, Robbie Bosnak, Robert Waggoner

Inception: Dream Researchers Expose Project Somnacin

By Ryan Hurd

I've been following the movie Inception, due out in theaters this summer. The movie, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, involves a pseudo-government dream research team who can access people's dreams, and perhaps construct their reality too a la the Matrix. … [Read more...] about Inception: Dream Researchers Expose Project Somnacin

Filed Under: Dreamy Movies Tagged With: dream machine, Inception, Jayne Gackenbach, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lucid Dreaming, mutual dreams, pasivdevice, Project Somnacin, William Domhoff

5 Traits of Successful Lucid Dreamers

By Ryan Hurd

This article is for those who wonder if lucid dreaming is for them or if it is a waste of time to try to learn. The fact is, successful lucid dreamers have certain habits and personality traits in common. Lucid Dreaming Basics Lucid dreaming is the … [Read more...] about 5 Traits of Successful Lucid Dreamers

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: dream incubation, dream recall, how to lucid dream, Jayne Gackenbach, Lucid Dreaming, lucid dreaming tactics, stephen laberge

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