This is the name of those moments when we are aware that we are dreaming. In principle they arise spontaneously, but the so-called oneironauts claim to be able to provoke and direct them at will. Celia Green, founder of the Institute of Psychophysical Research in Oxford, relates them to "false awakening" and defends that this phenomenon goes beyond being a simple subjective experience. For his part, the English psychologist Keith Hearne affirms that he has managed to make a group of oneironauts replicate a certain pattern of eye movement during the dream experience.
How do lucid dreaming work?
This is how an hour of walking through nature influences your brain
After a 60-minute walk in nature, activity in brain regions involved in stress processing decreases, a new study concludes.
Feeling alone and unhappy accelerates aging more than tobacco
They conclude that psychological factors, such as feeling unhappy, lonely or desperate, add up to 1.65 years to biological age, more than smoking.
Silencing notifications does not make you look less at your mobile (on the contrary)
The fact that we 'turn off' the phone notifications increases what is called 'psychological distress', especially with all those people who always feel 'afraid of missing something important'.
Transition from childhood to adolescence: when children stop being children
One of the most complex moments to face on an emotional level for many is the arrival of adolescence. Specifically, the passage from childhood to adolescence.
Transition from childhood to adolescence: when children stop being children
One of the most complex moments to face on an emotional level for many is the arrival of adolescence. Specifically, the passage from childhood to adolescence.