The Incredible Past, Present, and Potential Future of Lucid Dreaming

            For many, lucid dreaming sounds straight out of a science fiction movie. People are quick to believe lucid dreaming is much more than just allowing oneself to do unworldly things in a dream. When one investigates the depths and possibilities of lucid dreaming, great findings and possibilities seem to appear. Shockingly and excitingly for the purposes of lucid dreaming research, “ approximately eight out of 10 people have had a lucid dream, in which they were conscious of their dreaming, at least once ” (Voss).             First, let’s define lucid dreaming. Lucid dreaming is when someone understands they are asleep and dreaming and can stay asleep and continue to dream and sometimes control their dream (Konkoly et. al.). Lucid dreams occur most often in REM sleep and can occur for varying amounts of time. One of the big issues for dream researchers has been getting good data or results (Konkoly et. al.). Until rec...