Foods and substances influencing (lucid) dreams

Research on how substances and foods influence dreams and lucid dreams (i.e. the dreamer knows that they are dreaming while dreaming) is still scarce. For the present study, 436 participants, mainly collected from communities with interest in dreaming and lucid dreams, completed an online questionna...

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Main Author: Biehl, Josua (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2022-10-14
In: International journal of dream research
Year: 2022, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 224-234
ISSN:1866-7953
DOI:10.11588/ijodr.2022.2.86509
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://dx.doi.org/10.11588/ijodr.2022.2.86509
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/IJoDR/article/view/86509
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