Testing the involvement of the prefrontal cortex in lucid dreaming: A tDCS study

Stumbrys, Tadas; Erlacher, Daniel; Schredl, Michael (2013). Testing the involvement of the prefrontal cortex in lucid dreaming: A tDCS study. Consciousness and cognition, 22(4), pp. 1214-1222. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.concog.2013.08.005

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Recent studies suggest that lucid dreaming (awareness of dreaming while dreaming) might be associated with increased brain activity over frontal regions during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. By applying transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), we aimed to manipulate the activation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) during REM sleep to induce lucid dreaming. Nineteen participants spent three consecutive nights in a sleep laboratory. On the second and third nights they randomly received either 1 mA tDCS for 10 min or sham stimulation during each REM period starting with the second one. According to the participants' self-ratings, tDCS over the DLPFC during REM sleep increased lucidity in dreams. The effects, however, were not strong and found only in frequent lucid dreamers. While this indicates some preliminary support for the involvement of the DLPFC in lucid dreaming, further research, controlling for indirect effects of stimulation and including other brain regions, is needed.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Sport Science (ISPW)
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Sport Science (ISPW) > Movement and Exercise Science

UniBE Contributor:

Erlacher, Daniel

Subjects:

700 Arts > 790 Sports, games & entertainment
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1053-8100

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Daniel Erlacher

Date Deposited:

25 Nov 2013 10:09

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:27

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.concog.2013.08.005

PubMed ID:

24021850

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.39249

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/39249

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