Perhaps you have already done so. In the midst of a dreamlike experience, you realize that you are dreaming. This is a lucid dream, that is to say a dream where the dreamer knows that he is dreaming. Rather than being subject to what his unconscious invents, the lucid dreamer can then influence the heart … Read more
What happens in our brains when we dream? Research on lucid dreamers could provide some clues. © Unsplash While you were dreaming, did you ever realize that the world you were living in was just a dream? If so, you’ve been doing what science calls “lucid dreaming.” This infrequent phenomenon has fascinated the general public … Read more
Some people become aware that they are dreaming, an awareness that allows them to interfere in the content of the dream itself. These people have lucid dreams. They are still dreams, but they occur in such a way that the experience is lived with a special intensity. It is important to differentiate the meaning of … Read more
In the case of a lucid dream, the sleeper is actually in an altered, hybrid state of consciousness. Indeed, this state has its own cerebral signature, very distinct from that of a simple dream or waking stateas shown in recent years by studies conducted by MRI or electroencephalogram. Certain areas of the brain, usually awake … Read more
The dream is a complex and exciting field. In general, it intrigues because the scenarios that are built in our mind are suggested by the unconscious. The images, the characters and the situations come to us without our having our say. However, there is another type of dream, the lucid dream. Tristan Moir, psychoanalyst and … Read more