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. 2021 Jun;25(6):427-428.
doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2021.04.004. Epub 2021 Apr 17.

Two-Way Communication in Lucid REM Sleep Dreaming

Benjamin Baird  1 , Stephen LaBerge  2 , Giulio Tononi  3
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Two-Way Communication in Lucid REM Sleep Dreaming

Benjamin Baird et al. Trends Cogn Sci. 2021 Jun.

Abstract

Dreamers were long thought absolutely isolated from the outside world. Yet psychophysiological studies over the past 40 years have firmly established that lucid dreamers can use eye movements to report on their dream content in real time while in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. We now also know that sensory input is not completely suppresssed during sleep. A recent study by Konkoly et al. illustrates how experimenters can question lucid dreamers during ongoing dreams and asks whether more extended two-way communication during lucid REM sleep dreaming is feasible.

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  • Real-time dialogue between experimenters and dreamers during REM sleep.
    Konkoly KR, Appel K, Chabani E, Mangiaruga A, Gott J, Mallett R, Caughran B, Witkowski S, Whitmore NW, Mazurek CY, Berent JB, Weber FD, Türker B, Leu-Semenescu S, Maranci JB, Pipa G, Arnulf I, Oudiette D, Dresler M, Paller KA. Konkoly KR, et al. Curr Biol. 2021 Apr 12;31(7):1417-1427.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.026. Epub 2021 Feb 18. Curr Biol. 2021. PMID: 33607035 Free PMC article.

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