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New research suggests people can communicate and practice skills while dreaming

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Re: New research suggests people can communicate and practice skills while dreaming

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Post by magiclaw »

jesse_dot_id wrote: post #9

Lucid dreaming is a cool concept but I've never been able to pull it off. I still try, though!

I was really into it in my early 20's. One way to tell if you are mentally in the state to lucid dream is if you no longer feel tired. One night, after a grueling hike, I was completely exhausted when I went to bed. I closed my eyes, and moments later all my exhaustion just vanished, and I began to explore the space.

Re: New research suggests people can communicate and practice skills while dreaming

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Post by consumer451 »

detribaby wrote: post #14
thenthenthen wrote: post #10

Two months ago my partner recorded me speaking in my sleep. I was speaking fluent Mandarin. I always thought sleep time is used for learning (among healing etc), but now I am convinced.

Well you’ll have to give us more. Do you speak Mandarin at all?

And, what was the partner's ability to benchmark? What is their level of familiarity with the language?

I would love to believe.

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Post by zeta0134 »

jesse_dot_id wrote: post #9

Lucid dreaming is a cool concept but I've never been able to pull it off. I still try, though!

My tell is to recognize any room with a piano in it. I naturally want to sit down and play this piano, but the keys are totally wrong. No problem, I'll look around and, lo and behold, dozens more pianos all... with the keys in the wrong places. I can't play anything. "Oh, this again. I must be dreaming. How frustrating."

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Post by andai »

> In perhaps the most striking example of learning during sleep, Konkoly, Paller, and several collaborators witnessed what amounted to conversations with people who were in the midst of dreams. Independent lab groups in the U.S., France, Germany, and the Netherlands asked lucid dreamers to answer yes-or-no questions and solve simple math problems. Electrodes measuring body and brain activity verified that the participants were not awake. Martin Dresler, a sleep researcher at the Donders Institute, who ran the Dutch experiments, said that they were able to verbally deliver new information to the sleeping mind—and to receive responses. Some people could remember the questions they had been asked when they woke up. “This is a form of very complex learning,” he told me.

https://xkcd.com/269/

Re: New research suggests people can communicate and practice skills while dreaming

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Post by galleywest200 »

magiclaw wrote: post #21
jesse_dot_id wrote: post #9

Lucid dreaming is a cool concept but I've never been able to pull it off. I still try, though!

I was really into it in my early 20's. One way to tell if you are mentally in the state to lucid dream is if you no longer feel tired. One night, after a grueling hike, I was completely exhausted when I went to bed. I closed my eyes, and moments later all my exhaustion just vanished, and I began to explore the space.

Another way is to try to see what the clock faces say in your dream. Also, see if the light switches behave as you would expect.

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Post by notahacker »

squibonpig wrote: post #16

It's gonna be really sad in 10-15 years when all the sc bros are hustling and grindsetting their dreams away.

Can't wait for the LinkedIn posts about their day to start even earlier than the 4am workout and 5am meditation with strategic dreaming between 1am and 3am.

Type LUCID in the comments for a how to guide...

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