Lucid Dreaming & Sleep News

Most "dream news" online is recycled listicle content: the same five tips reworded for the hundredth time, with no connection to what researchers are actually publishing. This page is our attempt at something better. This is a straightforward, continuously updated record of what's actually being written and studied about lucid dreaming, REM sleep, and dream cognition.

The feed below aggregates research and reporting from sources like PubMed, PsyPost, and other newspapers, universities, and independent publications covering sleep science. Each entry links out to its original source; for now we're keeping our own commentary to a minimum, though we plan to layer in summaries and analysis of our own as this page matures.

This is an early version of the page. As part of Orphyx's ongoing roadmap, we plan to expand the list of sources, add filtering by topic and source type, and build out the editorial layer mentioned above. For now, consider it a clean, no-nonsense feed worth bookmarking if you want to keep up with the field.

Erratum: A narrative review on the neurobiology of lucid dreaming: mechanisms and therapeutic potential: erratum

Erratum: A narrative review on the neurobiology of lucid dreaming: mechanisms and therapeutic potential: erratum

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000004741.].

nih.gov · PubMed ·
Locked in Lucid Rhythms: A Case of Rhythmic Movement Disorder in Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep

Locked in Lucid Rhythms: A Case of Rhythmic Movement Disorder in Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep

Sleep-related rhythmic movement disorder (SRRMD) is uncommon in adults.

nih.gov · PubMed ·
Locked in Lucid Rhythms: A Case of Rhythmic Movement Disorder in Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep

Locked in Lucid Rhythms: A Case of Rhythmic Movement Disorder in Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep

Sleep-related rhythmic movement disorder (SRRMD) is uncommon in adults.

nih.gov · PubMed ·
Locked in Lucid Rhythms: A Case of Rhythmic Movement Disorder in Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep

Locked in Lucid Rhythms: A Case of Rhythmic Movement Disorder in Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep

Sleep-related rhythmic movement disorder (SRRMD) is uncommon in adults.

nih.gov · PubMed ·
Locked in Lucid Rhythms: A Case of Rhythmic Movement Disorder in Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep

Locked in Lucid Rhythms: A Case of Rhythmic Movement Disorder in Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep

Sleep-related rhythmic movement disorder (SRRMD) is uncommon in adults.

nih.gov · PubMed ·
Locked in Lucid Rhythms: A Case of Rhythmic Movement Disorder in Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep

Locked in Lucid Rhythms: A Case of Rhythmic Movement Disorder in Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep

Sleep-related rhythmic movement disorder (SRRMD) is uncommon in adults.

nih.gov · PubMed ·
Your brain can start dreaming while you are still awake, and scientists just mapped how it happens

Your brain can start dreaming while you are still awake, and scientists just mapped how it happens

Tonight, as you close your eyes in bed, something strange will happen to you: your mind will drift from an ordinary thought to a dream, but it will…

psypost.org · Nicolas Decat and Delphine Oudiette ·
Is there any merit to the advice to ‘sleep on it?’ New research suggests our dreams may help problem-solve

Is there any merit to the advice to ‘sleep on it?’ New research suggests our dreams may help problem-solve

A pair of recent studies by dream researchers suggest that the age-old advice may in fact be grounded in science.

cbc.ca · CBC ·

The European Dream: Migration Narratives of Transpinays

ABSTRACT LGBTQI+ Filipinos migrate from the Philippines to Europe for several reasons.

wiley.com · Brenda Rodriguez Alegre ·

Dreams and Paintings: Descartes, Dream Skepticism, and the Constitution of Mental States

ABSTRACT Contemporary epistemologists typically read Descartes’ dream argument as an argument for external world skepticism.

wiley.com · Mario Schärli ·
World of Sleep

World of Sleep

Inside the emerging field of dream engineering

chicagohealthonline.com · Katie ·
Scientists uncover the physical signs of lucid dreaming in people with trauma symptoms

Scientists uncover the physical signs of lucid dreaming in people with trauma symptoms

A recent study published in the journal Dreaming suggests that specific sleep patterns, such as the time it takes to fall asleep and the amount of interrupted sleep,…

psypost.org · Eric W. Dolan ·
Lucid dreamers can rewire their minds to experience life as an animal

Lucid dreamers can rewire their minds to experience life as an animal

New research reveals that lucid dreamers can successfully transform their perceived bodies to experience life as animals or another gender, demonstrating the extreme adaptability of the subconscious mind.

psypost.org · Karina Petrova ·

Re‐enchantment in Adolescent Psyche: Spiritual Experiences in Video Games and Dreams

Abstract This study explores spiritual experiences in online video games and dreams from the perspective of analytical psychology, focusing on how such experiences activate the archetype of initiation…

wiley.com · Kan Chen, Xiao You ·

Association of Prodromal Parkinson's Disease‐Like Features in Long COVID With Dream‐Enactment Behaviours

ABSTRACT Emerging evidence links COVID‐19 to the predisposition of Parkinson's disease (PD).

wiley.com · onlinelibrary.wiley.com ·
Song Review: IVE

Song Review: IVE

Today may be a barren day for new K-pop releases, but IVE have slid into the empty slate with a music video for new Japanese single Lucid Dream.

thebiaslist.com · Nick ·
The making of a dream engineer

The making of a dream engineer

Michelle Carr has been unraveling the science of the sleeping mind—and how to lucid dream—since her first such experience as a URochester undergraduate.

rochester.edu · Tama Lung ·

A Late Confirmation? Review of C. G. Jung’s Understanding of Dreams in the Light of Modern Dream Research

Abstract The publication of Sigmund Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams (1900/2000) marked the birth of psychoanalysis in the public consciousness.

wiley.com · Konstantin Rößler ·
Demonic attacks in dreams follow a chilling multi-night pattern

Demonic attacks in dreams follow a chilling multi-night pattern

A recent study published in the journal Dreaming suggests that demonic encounters in nightmares often follow a predictable pattern of escalating threats across multiple nights of dreaming.

psypost.org · Eric W. Dolan ·
He Drilled a Hole in His Own Head to Control His Dreams

He Drilled a Hole in His Own Head to Control His Dreams

Meet the Siberian scientist who implanted a brain device into his own skull to study lucid dreaming and REM sleep.

wired.me · Carla Sertin ·

Coming to Terms with the Other: Entering the Unknown/Non‐Understandable

Abstract The quote from the stone at Bollingen begins, “Time is a child playing like a child playing a board game; the kingdom of the child.” It holds…

wiley.com · Audrey Punnett ·
Advanced meditation, sleep, and consciousness science: An emerging frontier

Advanced meditation, sleep, and consciousness science: An emerging frontier

Consciousness can persist, transform, and dissolve across wakefulness, sleep, and advanced meditation.

nih.gov · PubMed ·
Advanced meditation, sleep, and consciousness science: An emerging frontier

Advanced meditation, sleep, and consciousness science: An emerging frontier

Consciousness can persist, transform, and dissolve across wakefulness, sleep, and advanced meditation.

nih.gov · PubMed ·
Advanced meditation, sleep, and consciousness science: An emerging frontier

Advanced meditation, sleep, and consciousness science: An emerging frontier

Consciousness can persist, transform, and dissolve across wakefulness, sleep, and advanced meditation.

nih.gov · PubMed ·
Advanced meditation, sleep, and consciousness science: An emerging frontier

Advanced meditation, sleep, and consciousness science: An emerging frontier

Consciousness can persist, transform, and dissolve across wakefulness, sleep, and advanced meditation.

nih.gov · PubMed ·