Psychological Phenomena During Sleep and EEG Images

Abstract

Psychological experiences related to sleep were discussed along with their physiological background. Dreams have influenced human life in various ways since ancient times, but the most influential influence since the modern era has been the emergence of psychoanalysis. However, it cannot be denied that the background theories of psychoanalysis have not been scientifically proven and have created a strong bias against current scientific dream research. Although REM sleep was discovered and found to be closely related to dreaming in 1953, there is not a complete consensus on the relationship between dream experience and REM sleep. This paper reviews past research on whether dream experiences occur only in REM sleep. Although dream research has not always received the credit it deserves, it has recently received attention as a means of exploring the locus of consciousness. We discussed lucid dreaming and kanashibari (sleep paralysis) as psychological experiences other than ordinary dreams, and the similarities in their physiological backgrounds. Finally, the easy practice of inducing lucid dreaming by artificially manipulating sleep was critically reviewed