This video explains what lucid dreaming is by describing the parts of the sleep cycle, various parts of the brain that are activated, the differences between sleep paralysis and lucid dreaming, and finally methods that can induce lucid dreaming.

This video was made by McMaster Demystifying Medicine students Tavishi Weeraratna, Thivya Srikanthan, Nevin Ling, Mohammad Khajehei and Camilla Wegrzynowska.

Copyright McMaster University 2020

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