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Lucid dreamers have been fighting goblins and conjuring galaxies in their dreams for centuries.

All the while feeling awake and engaged in the action.

Now, scientific research tells us that lucid dreaming isn't just the stuff of sci-fi.

It's actually a learnable skill.

Welcome back to Sci-Fi Psychologist.

I'm your host, Dr. Jade Wu.

Every week, I'll help you meet life's challenges with evidence-based research,

a sympathetic ear, and zero judgment.

Today, we walk through scientifically tested techniques for learning how to lucid dream.

Last week, we opened up the world of lucid dreaming,

an ancient but scientifically measurable practice that gives the dreamer the power to manipulate their dreams.

We took a candid scientific look at the sci-fi sounding concept,

and it turns out that neuroscientists have not only been able to measure lucid dreaming in the brain,

but even to hold two-way communication with a lucid dreamer in real time.

In an astonishing study published just this year,

one lucid dreamer was fighting goblins while correctly answering the question coming from the sky,

what is 6-2?

And he did it all while staying asleep.

Now, this study got me so excited about lucid dreaming that I decided to give this a try myself this past week.

Just a little spoiler, it wasn't easy, but on the fourth night of my self-study,

I did manage to have a brief lucid moment just as I disembarked from a skyboat onto a long slide made of clouds.

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