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<blockquote data-quote="Opmmur" data-source="post: 54751" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><a href="http://www.messagetoeagle.com/luciddreamingbrain.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><strong>Inside The Mind Of Lucid Dreamers:</strong></span></a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>People Who Can Control Their Dreams And Perform Actions</strong></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px">30 July, 2012</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: #ffffff">Have you ever experienced that you know you are dreaming although you sleep? This is a hybrid state between sleeping and being awake. It is called lucid dreaming and it can be a somewhat awkward experience. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: #ffffff">During lucid dreaming you can take sometimes control of your dreams and perform various actions. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: #ffffff">Scientists have long wondered what is happening inside the brain of a lucid dreamer. What role does consciousness play? </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: #ffffff">What was know from a scientific point of view, was the fact that lucid dreamers are people who can become aware of dreaming during sleep, but the process that caused this state was unknown. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: #ffffff">The term lucid dreaming was coined by the Dutch psychiatrist and writer Frederik (Willem) van Eeden (1860-1932) in his 1913 article "A Study of Dreams". At the time, his paper was not embraced by the scientific community. The situation has changed much since then, In modern days, lucid dreaming has been researched scientifically, and its existence is well established </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>What is happening inside the brain have you experience lucid dreaming?</strong> </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: #ffffff">Which areas of the brain help us to perceive our world in a self-reflective manner is difficult to measure. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: #ffffff">During wakefulness, we are always conscious of ourselves. In sleep, however, we are not. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/lucidreaming.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em>Lucid dreaming is an unusual phenomenon in which some people are able to "wake up" while still in a dream. Though the dreamer is technically asleep, they are aware of their situation and are able to control the content of their dreams. </em></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: #ffffff">Studies employing magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) have now been able to demonstrate that a specific cortical network consisting of the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, the frontopolar regions and the precuneus is activated when this lucid consciousness is attained. All of these regions are associated with self-reflective functions. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ffffff">The human capacity of self-perception, self-reflection and consciousness development are among the unsolved mysteries of neuroscience. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Despite modern imaging techniques, it is still impossible to fully visualise what goes on in the brain when people move to consciousness from an unconscious state.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The problem lies in the fact that it is difficult to watch our brain during this transitional change.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Although this process is the same, every time a person awakens from sleep, the basic activity of our brain is usually greatly reduced during deep sleep.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">This makes it impossible to clearly delineate the specific brain activity underlying the regained self-perception and consciousness during the transition to wakefulness from the global changes in brain activity that takes place at the same time</span>.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ffffff">Scientists from the Max Planck Institutes of Psychiatry in Munich and for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig and from Charité in Berlin have now studied people who are aware that they are dreaming while being in a dream state, and are also able to deliberately control their dreams. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Lucid dreamers can control their actions</strong> </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: #ffffff">Those so-called lucid dreamers have access to their memories during lucid dreaming, can perform actions and are aware of themselves - although remaining unmistakably in a dream state and not waking up. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/lucidreaming2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em>One of the most fun things to do in a lucid dream is to fly.</em></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 15px">As author Martin Dresler explains, "In a normal dream, we have a very basal consciousness, we experience perceptions and emotions but we are not aware that we are only dreaming. It's only in a lucid dream that the dreamer gets a meta-insight into his or her state." By comparing the activity of the brain during one of these lucid periods with the activity measured immediately before in a normal dream, the scientists were able to identify the characteristic brain activities of lucid awareness. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 15px">"The general basic activity of the brain is similar in a normal dream and in a lucid dream," says Michael Czisch, head of a research group at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 15px">"In a lucid state, however, the activity in certain areas of the cerebral cortex increases markedly within seconds. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 15px">The involved areas of the cerebral cortex are the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, to which commonly the function of self-assessment is attributed, and the frontopolar regions, which are responsible for evaluating our own thoughts and feelings. The precuneus is also especially active, a part of the brain that has long been linked with self-perception." The findings confirm earlier studies and have made the neural networks of a conscious mental state visible for the first time. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Opmmur, post: 54751, member: 13"] [COLOR=#ffffff][SIZE=5][FONT=Arial][URL='http://www.messagetoeagle.com/luciddreamingbrain.php'][COLOR=#ffffff][B]Inside The Mind Of Lucid Dreamers:[/B][/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff][SIZE=5][FONT=Arial][B]People Who Can Control Their Dreams And Perform Actions[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff][FONT=Arial][SIZE=4]30 July, 2012[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=5][FONT=times new roman][COLOR=#ffffff]Have you ever experienced that you know you are dreaming although you sleep? This is a hybrid state between sleeping and being awake. It is called lucid dreaming and it can be a somewhat awkward experience. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][FONT=times new roman][COLOR=#ffffff]During lucid dreaming you can take sometimes control of your dreams and perform various actions. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][FONT=times new roman][COLOR=#ffffff]Scientists have long wondered what is happening inside the brain of a lucid dreamer. What role does consciousness play? [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][FONT=times new roman][COLOR=#ffffff]What was know from a scientific point of view, was the fact that lucid dreamers are people who can become aware of dreaming during sleep, but the process that caused this state was unknown. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][FONT=times new roman][COLOR=#ffffff]The term lucid dreaming was coined by the Dutch psychiatrist and writer Frederik (Willem) van Eeden (1860-1932) in his 1913 article "A Study of Dreams". At the time, his paper was not embraced by the scientific community. The situation has changed much since then, In modern days, lucid dreaming has been researched scientifically, and its existence is well established [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=#ffffff][SIZE=5][B]What is happening inside the brain have you experience lucid dreaming?[/B] [/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=5][FONT=times new roman][COLOR=#ffffff]Which areas of the brain help us to perceive our world in a self-reflective manner is difficult to measure. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][FONT=times new roman][COLOR=#ffffff]During wakefulness, we are always conscious of ourselves. In sleep, however, we are not. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [IMG]http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/lucidreaming.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=#ffffff][SIZE=4][I]Lucid dreaming is an unusual phenomenon in which some people are able to "wake up" while still in a dream. Though the dreamer is technically asleep, they are aware of their situation and are able to control the content of their dreams. [/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=5][FONT=times new roman][COLOR=#ffffff]Studies employing magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) have now been able to demonstrate that a specific cortical network consisting of the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, the frontopolar regions and the precuneus is activated when this lucid consciousness is attained. All of these regions are associated with self-reflective functions. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#ffffff]The human capacity of self-perception, self-reflection and consciousness development are among the unsolved mysteries of neuroscience. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][COLOR=#ffffff][FONT=Times New Roman]Despite modern imaging techniques, it is still impossible to fully visualise what goes on in the brain when people move to consciousness from an unconscious state.[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][COLOR=#ffffff][FONT=Times New Roman]The problem lies in the fact that it is difficult to watch our brain during this transitional change.[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][COLOR=#ffffff][FONT=Times New Roman]Although this process is the same, every time a person awakens from sleep, the basic activity of our brain is usually greatly reduced during deep sleep.[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][COLOR=#ffffff][FONT=Times New Roman]This makes it impossible to clearly delineate the specific brain activity underlying the regained self-perception and consciousness during the transition to wakefulness from the global changes in brain activity that takes place at the same time[/FONT].[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#ffffff]Scientists from the Max Planck Institutes of Psychiatry in Munich and for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig and from Charité in Berlin have now studied people who are aware that they are dreaming while being in a dream state, and are also able to deliberately control their dreams. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=#ffffff][SIZE=5][B]Lucid dreamers can control their actions[/B] [/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=5][FONT=times new roman][COLOR=#ffffff]Those so-called lucid dreamers have access to their memories during lucid dreaming, can perform actions and are aware of themselves - although remaining unmistakably in a dream state and not waking up. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [IMG]http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/lucidreaming2.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=#ffffff][SIZE=4][I]One of the most fun things to do in a lucid dream is to fly.[/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff][SIZE=4]As author Martin Dresler explains, "In a normal dream, we have a very basal consciousness, we experience perceptions and emotions but we are not aware that we are only dreaming. It's only in a lucid dream that the dreamer gets a meta-insight into his or her state." 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The precuneus is also especially active, a part of the brain that has long been linked with self-perception." The findings confirm earlier studies and have made the neural networks of a conscious mental state visible for the first time. [/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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