Stephen LaBerge

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Stephen LaBerge
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States of America
Alma mater
Lucid dreaming
Scientific career
FieldsPsychophysiology

Stephen LaBerge (born 1947) is an American

mnemonic induction of lucid dreams), which was used in many forms of dream experimentation.[2] In 1987, he founded The Lucidity Institute, an organization that promotes research into lucid dreaming, as well as running courses for the general public on how to achieve a lucid dream.[3]

In the early 1980s, news of LaBerge's research using the technique of signalling to a collaborator monitoring his

EEG
with agreed-upon eye movements during REM helped to popularise lucid dreaming in the American media.

Research results

Main article:
Lucid dreaming

Results from LaBerge's lab and others[4] include:

  • comparison of subjective sense of time in dreams versus the waking state using eye signals
  • comparison of electrical activity in the brain when singing while awake, and while in a dream
  • various studies comparing physiological sexual arousal and in-dream sex and orgasm

Lucid dreaming education and facilitation

LaBerge developed a series of devices to help users enter a lucid state while dreaming. The original device was called a DreamLight, which was discontinued in favor of the NovaDreamer, designed by experienced lucid dreamer Craig Webb for the Lucidity Institute while he worked there and participated in lucid dreaming research at Stanford. As of 2013 it was not possible to purchase these devices from the Lucidity Institute website. An improved version, the NovaDreamer II, is a mask with flashing lights that measures eye movement.[5]

All of the devices consist of a mask worn over the eyes with

LEDs positioned over the eyelids. The LEDs flash whenever the mask detects that the wearer has entered REM sleep. The stimulus is incorporated into the wearer's dreams and can be recognised as a sign that they are dreaming.[6]

LaBerge currently lectures at universities and other professional institutions, and hosts lucid dreaming sessions at various locations.

Bibliography

LaBerge has produced several books and tapes about lucid dreaming.

References

  1. ^ "Stephen LaBerge at IASD". Archived from the original on 2018-09-19. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  2. ^ Lucid Dreaming Frequently Asked Questions Answered by The Lucidity Institute
  3. ^ About the Lucidity Institute
  4. ^ Psychophysiology of Lucid Dreaming
  5. ^ The NovaDreamer Lucid Dream Induction Device
  6. ^ Lucid Dreaming Frequently Asked Questions Answered by The Lucidity Institute

External links

  • The Lucidity Institute (Web Archive)
  • LaBerge, S. (1980). Lucid dreaming: An exploratory study of consciousness during sleep. (Ph.D. thesis, Stanford University, 1980), (University Microfilms No. 80-24, 691)
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