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An exploratory study of creative problem solving in lucid dreams: Preliminary findings and methodological considerations

2010, International Journal of Dream …

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Reinhard Pietrowsky

Lucid dreaming is the ability of a dreamer to become aware that he is dreaming and to possibly change some aspects of his current dream. This ability is associated with higher creativity and a proclivity for divergent thinking. Between subjects, dreams have different structural characteristics, such as the incorporation of daytime events, aversive dream content, or dream recall frequency (DRF). This study aimed to investigate the relationship between lucid dreaming , creativity and dream characteristics like aversive dream content, personal significance, dream recall, incorporation of daytime events and great dreams. A total of 334 participants took part in an online study. The results show that lucid dreamers scored higher on the creative personality scale of the Adjective Checklist and reported a higher DRF than non-lucid dreamers. As to the dream structure, lucid dreamers were more likely to incorporate daytime events into their dreams, and their dreams had a higher personal sign...

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Nicolas Zink

Lucid dreaming is the ability of a dreamer to become aware that he is dreaming and to possibly change some aspects of his current dream. This ability is associated with higher creativity and a proclivity for divergent thinking. Between subjects, dreams have different characteristics, such as the incorporation of daytime events, aversive dream content, or dream recall frequency (DRF). This study aimed to investigate the relationship between lucid dreaming, creativity and dream characteristics (dream structure). A total of 334 participants took part in an online study. The results show that lucid dreamers scored higher on the creative personality scale of the Adjective Checklist and reported a higher DRF than non-lucid dreamers. As to the dream structure, lucid dreamers were more likely to incorporate daytime events into their dreams, and their dreams had a higher personal significance than those of non-lucid dreamers. Furthermore, substantial gender differences were found in DRF and...

Activitas Nervosa Superior

Miloslava Kozmova

Ming-Ni Lee

Past research has suggested that reflective awareness in dreams, as a broader concept for understanding the phenomenon of lucid dreaming, can be further differentiated into a five-factor model (i.e., lucid mindfulness, dual perspectives, depersonalization, intra-dream self-reflection, and willed appearances) (Lee, 2010; Lee & Kuiken, 2015). Past research has also indicated that two kinds of cognitive abilities (i.e., remembering previous events and reasoning ability) were evident in lucid dreaming (Gackenbach, 1991b; Green & McCreery, 1994; LaBerge, 1985; LaBerge & Gackenbach, 2000). In consideration of the evidence that depersonalization within dreams was associated with traumatic experiences and some effects in subsequent waking life (decrease in waking mindfulness) (Lee, 2010) and the statement of whether dreams per se have an adaptive function that relies on the investigation of cognitive processes that occur in both waking and dreaming states (Blagrove, 1996), the present study is intended to investigate dream reflective awareness (especially for depersonalization) and its relationships with cognitive abilities (especially for memory and reasoning/anticipation) in dreams. It is expected that the findings would advance our knowledge of reflective awareness and the function of lucid dreams. Ninety undergraduate students from a Taiwanese university were the participants (28.1% females, 71.9% males, Mean age = 19.0 years, SD age = 0.9 years) of this study. Participants were first asked to describe their most impactful dreams, during the preceding three months. Afterwards, the participants completed the Dream Reflective Awareness Questionnaire (DRAQ, Chinese version; cf. Lee, 2010; Lee, Kuiken, & Czupryn, 2007), and then the General Dream Pattern Questionnaire (GDPQ; Lee, 2013). The results indicated that, within the dream, depersonalization was not associated with the two critical cognitive functions (i.e., memory and reasoning/anticipation abilities), but associated with a lack of clear self-presentation. This research suggests that it is critical to further investigate the alteration of cognitive function and self-transformation accompanied by depersonalization within the dream.

Angel K Morgan

This research discovers how a small number of dream group members linked their dreams to their creativity and/or experienced creativity in their dreams. It shares the essential experiences of 10 people who were currently members of 2 dream groups that regularly meet in New York City. They were asked if and how they related their dreams to their creativity and/or experienced creativity in their dreams. Whether sharing dreams with others in a dream group affected the dreaming and/or creativity of individual members was also explored. The researcher chose 1 description of [the influence and inspiration between dreams and creativity] from each of the first 3 interviewed. These descriptions were put into phenomenological psychological schemas, from which a general structure was formed. This study may further inform our understanding of the relationship between dreaming and creativity. Hopefully, the opportunity for participants to have shared their experience of the phenomena being studied will help provide further creative inspiration for them, and enlighten others who may or may not be aware of the interdisciplinary potential for dreaming and creative expression.

Mark Blagrove

A lucid dream is defined as occurring when an individual becomes aware that they are dreaming, and, while remaining asleep, can control some of the events or content of the dream. Frequent lucid dreamers have previously been shown to be more internal on Rotter's Locus of Control (LOC) scale than are non-lucid dreamers.

An overview article on lucid dreaming that argue for lucidity as a function of consciousness, not as a special type of awareness in dreams. Highlights the role of memory and imagination in the lucid process.

Within the already-investigated described nocturnal cognitive problem-solving phenomenon (Kozmova, 2008, 2012, 2015), the goal of this exploratory study was to determine the contexts in which non-lucid dreamers engage in problem-solving by voluntary actions and behaviors and to characterize volition and its range in kinetic (motile) and communicative (expressive) modalities. The 979 cross-cultural operationally defined problem-solving dreams were analyzed by the method of grounded theory. The analysis of individual occurrences of problem-solving behaviors and actions as volition-based executive skills (ego executive capacity) in addition to other types of cognitions, yielded a total of exemplary 54 dreams with contexts of self-preservation, intrapersonal situations, and interpersonal relationships. The initial emergent cross-state characterization of volition in non-lucid problem-solving dreams calls for reappraisal of neurophysiological theories that did not yet consider the existe...

The value of weaving between dreaming and waking realities creatively is important, but under-recognized by mainstream society. The experienced links between dreams and creativity in the work of professional creative artists needs additional research. I interviewed three professional creative artists about how they link their dreams to their creative work and/or experience creativity in their dreams. The data were analyzed using Giorgi’s method of descriptive phenomenological psychological inquiry. The participants have had dreams that have given them: inspiration, ideas, visions, messages, and advice for their creative work. They all have felt a connection between dreams and a mystical source energy, and have energetically expressed its messages in their creative work, which has also brought new meaning to their dreams in the context of their lives. Equal value was held, and reverent respect given to dream experiences, whether related or unrelated to the professional creative work of the three participants.

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