{
  "id": 18980206,
  "title": "Would you learn to lucid dream if you could?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/would-you-learn-to-lucid-dream-if-you-could",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-08T17:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Science",
    "slug": "live-science",
    "url": "https://www.livescience.com/health/sleep/would-you-learn-to-lucid-dream-if-you-could"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Lucid dreaming, the ability to become aware that one is dreaming while still in the midst of a dream, is a phenomenon that occurs when a person suddenly regains their capacity for metacognition, or thinking about their own thoughts, during a dream. While this can result in control over the dream's content or direction, it is typically a rare occurrence. However, researchers have found a potential method to train individuals to experience lucid dreaming more frequently. By engaging in meditation and completing virtual-reality-augmented exercises while awake, participants who underwent this training twice a week for a month showed a significant increase in lucid dreaming experiences. This method could potentially serve as an intervention for individuals suffering from nightmares, anxiety, or post-traumatic stress disorder, though these applications remain theoretical at present. The question remains: if you had the ability to learn how to lucid dream, would you pursue it? Share your thoughts in the poll below and add your comments.",
  "summary": "Neuroscientists say people can be \"trained\" to recognize when they're dreaming — in other words, lucid dreaming may be an acquirable skill.",
  "key_points": [
    "Lucid dreaming allows awareness during dreams.",
    "Training via meditation and VR exercises increases lucid dreams.",
    "Potential for treating nightmares, anxiety, PTSD."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}