Sleep Science (Dec 2023)

Detecting Lucid Dreams by Electroencephalography and Eyebrow Movements

  • Michael Raduga,
  • Andrey Shashkov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1776749
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 04
pp. e408 – e416

Abstract

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Objective When metacognition arises during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, people experience lucid dreaming (LD). Studies on this phenomenon face different obstacles. For example, its standard verification protocol requires at least three types of sensors. We hypothesized that preagreed frontalis movements (PAFMs), as a sign of lucidity, could be seen on electroencephalography (EEG) during REM sleep. In this case, only one EEG sensor would be needed to verify LD.

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