"Consciousness" during sleep in a TM practitioner: heart rate, respiration, and eye movement
"Consciousness" during sleep in a TM practitioner: heart rate, respiration, and eye movement
Author
Gackenbach, Jayne
Moorecroft, William
Alexander, Charles
LaBerge, Stephen
Faculty Advisor
Date
1987
Keywords
lucid dreaming , consciousness , dreamer , eye movements , sleep laboratories , transcendental consciousness , Transcendental Meditation , TM , autonomic arousal , polysomnograms
Abstract (summary)
Reports of consciousness during dreaming or lucid dreaming have been verified by having the dreamer signal from the dream that he/she is dreaming with a prearranged set of distinctive lateral eye movements (LaBerge, 1985). This basic methodology has subsequently been replicated in other sleep laboratories. Relatedly, a continuation of consciousness from the waking state into the sleep state is claimed to be a key aspect of the experience of "Transcendental Consciousness", which is developed by the practice of Transcendental Meditation (TM; Banquet & Sailhan, 1974).
Publication Information
Gackenbach, J.I., Moorecroft, W., Alexander, C. & LaBerge, S. (1987). "Consciousness" during sleep in a TM practitioner: Heart rate, respiration, and eye movement. Lucidity Letter, 6(2), 137-145.
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Language
English
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