• Question: How do lucid dreams work?

    Asked by anon-181896 on 22 Jun 2018.
    • Photo: Alexandra Hogan

      Alexandra Hogan answered on 22 Jun 2018:

      A lucid dream describes when you become aware that you are dreaming, during your REM sleep, so that you can ‘take control’ of your dream as it is happening. I’m not exactly why this happens but there are various theories about how you can encourage lucid dreams or make them more likely.

    • Photo: Laura Hemming

      Laura Hemming answered on 24 Jun 2018:

      As Alexandra suggests – it is possible to teach yourself how to lucid dream. Scientists have shown objectively that lucid dreaming is possible by taking scans of the brain and proving that the same areas light up when e.g. you ask somebody to clench their fists whilst awake and then the person dreams about clenching their fists. Pretty cool eh! This video below explains a bit more about the science behind lucid dreaming:

    • Photo: Ashley Akbari

      Ashley Akbari answered on 24 Jun 2018:

      Alex and Laura have answered this one really well

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