For my WISE project I plan on learning how to lucid dream. A lucid dream is where a person is conscious while they are dreaming and can actively change their dreams to do whatever the person likes. This caught my attention because I've had some sweet dreams before and I'd like to be able to manipulate my dreams to replicate those past dreams as well as create new, enjoyable dreams.
I have already started keeping a dream journal (as of 2/7/09) and I plan on just working on dream recollection for the first week and a half / two weeks.
I'm pretty unsure of whether or not I'll actually be able to have a lucid dream. I really want to have a lucid dream, and I hope everything works out. I was told by Professor Helene Porte, from Cornell University, that it isn't too difficult to teach yourself how to lucid dream, but I'm still a little bit anxious.
I am going to meet with Professor Helene Porte to learn about dreams and different brain functions and I plan on reading books by leading lucid dream researcher Stephen LeBarge. In addition, I'll keep a dream journal every day from now until the end of the project.
