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Database: PsycARTICLES
[ Journal Article ]
Video game play and lucid dreams: Implications for the development of consciousness.
Gackenbach, Jayne
Dreaming, Vol 16(2), Jun 2006, 96-110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/1053-0797.16.2.96

Abstract

  1. The improvement of various cognitive skills associated with video game play has been well documented; however, the development of consciousness implications have not been considered. In the present study several potential indicators of consciousness development, including and especially lucid dreaming frequency, were examined as a function of video game play. In the first study, high video game players were more likely to report lucid dreams, observer dreams, and dream control when dream recall frequency and motion disorientation during play were controlled. There were no similar differences in other consciousness development indices. In the second study, a slightly different pattern of results occurred because of respondents all being frequent players. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)

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