Largest Brain Study Yet Confirms Lucid Dreaming as Unique State of Consciousness

Scientists identify the brain region responsible for consciousness

Direct brain recordings reveal that the thalamus, especially its intralaminar and medial nuclei, actively shapes conscious perception.

Largest Brain Study Yet Confirms Lucid Dreaming as Unique State of Consciousness

New research offers the most comprehensive look yet at what occurs in the brain during lucid dreaming—a unique state in which a person becomes aware that they are dreaming while the dream is still unfolding. Led by Çağatay Demirel of the Donders Center for Cognitive Neuroimaging at Radboud University Medical Center, the research team compiled what they describe as the largest dataset on lucid dreaming to date. The researchers gathered and coordi…

Lucid Dreaming Isn't Sleep or Wakefulness—It’s a New State of Consciousness, Scientists Find

And it gets even trippier.