There Might Be a Way to Literally Reach Your Dreams
Dream manipulation might seem like the stuff of fiction, but scientists have started to make it a reality.
In 2021, research teams from four countries reported their independent and apparently successful attempts to converse with people while they were lucid dreaming. Not only did the dreamers appear capable of responding to yes-or-no questions from the scientists, some even remembered what the scientists asked once they woke up.
A separate study in 2022 also found evidence that it’s possible to steer people away from having bad dreams by playing sound cues that the dreamers were trained to recall while awake. This method, the authors say, might be used to help people with chronic nightmare disorders.
Freddy Krueger, eat your heart out.
