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Spontaneous lucid dreaming frequency and waking insight.

Author(s) -

Patrick Bourke,

Hannah Shaw

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

dreaming

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64

H-Index - 38

eISSN - 1573-3351

pISSN - 1053-0797

DOI - 10.1037/a0036908

Subject(s) - lucid dream , psychology , cognitive psychology , psychoanalysis , cognitive science , medicine , ganoderma lucidum , ganoderma , traditional medicine

Spontaneous lucid dreaming is characterized by the realization that the currently perceived reality is in fact a dream. As this ability differs between individuals, specific cognitive abilities have been sought that might explain this variability. Here, “insight,” a key feature of spontaneous lucid dreaming, is investigated. Frequent, occasional, and nonlucid dreamers were compared on their successful performance of a compound remote associate problem-solving task, designed to measure insight. Results show that frequent lucid dreamers solve significantly more insight problems overall than nonlucid dreamers. This suggests that the insight experienced during the dream state may relate to the same underlying cognition needed for insight in the waking state. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved

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