• Question: How does lucid dreaming work?

    Asked by anon-241143 to Tom, Rebecca, Emily, Elspeth, Ben, Antoine on 10 Mar 2020.
    • Photo: Ben Cropper

      Ben Cropper answered on 10 Mar 2020:

      No idea, never done it!

    • Photo: Tom Dally

      Tom Dally answered on 10 Mar 2020:

      So, lucid dreaming is where you become aware that you’re dreaming while you’re dreaming, and it occurs during REM sleep (rapid-eye movement) – that point in the sleep cycle when your brain is most active. But I’m not sure if we know exactly how we do it or why we can do it.

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