Smooth tracking of visual targets distinguishes lucid REM sleep dreaming and waking perception from imagination

When tracking a moving object, our eyes make smooth pursuit movements; however, tracking an imaginary object produces jerky saccadic eye movements. Here, the authors show that during lucid dreams, the eyes smoothly follow dreamed objects. In this respect, dream imagery is more similar to perception...

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Main Authors: Stephen LaBerge, Benjamin Baird, Philip G. Zimbardo
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/5d2feda8f53a487eb44079856f5dc8ba
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