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Catch Yourself in a Dream

The Science of Happiness

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Lucid Dreaming and Consciousness

lucid dreaming allows people to go into the dream on a mission, so to speak. Doctor baird brought experienced lucid dreamers into his lab for an overnight study. He had them hold their dream thumb out in front of themselves and move it slowly from left to right. And when they're doing this tracking, we're simultaneously measuring their eye movements with the electro oculogram. While you sleep, our brains act in a particular way.

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