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Study Dreams

by | Oct 10, 2012 | Helpful Articles

One of the most interesting fields in neuroscience and the study of consciousness is the relatively new study of dreaming. Researchers like Stephen La Berge and Keith Hearne began to study dreams when the practice was new and obscure, and through their efforts brought...

Stephen LaBerge

by | Jul 19, 2012 | Eminent Dreamers

Stephen LaBerge is an American psychophysiologist who pioneered the scientific study of lucid dreaming both in his PhD work at Stanford and through the world-famous Lucidity Institute, which he founded in 1987. Stephen LaBerge has published many articles on the...

REM Cycle

by | Jun 26, 2012 | Helpful Articles

In sleep science, the REM cycle is the stage of a person’s sleep that is characterized by rapid closed eye movements, very low or almost absent muscle tone (REM atonia, or sleep paralysis), and low voltage brain waves called theta waves. Typically, you will remember...

Theta State

by | Jun 14, 2012 | Helpful Articles

What is the theta state? Scientists who study the brain, including those involved in the field of sleep science, use an EEG (electroencephalogram) to measure the electrical activity of neurons in the brain. Brainwaves refer to the various different oscillatory...

Floating in Dreams

by | Nov 16, 2011 | Helpful Articles

Many people have described floating in dreams. Unlike flying dreams, where you can often control the direction and height of your flight above the dream landscape, you often have minimal control in floating dreams. You may experience only the sensation of floating in...