Alexis Martin

UWRT 1103 010

Introduction/Overview of Topic that demonstrates research

youve done to date.

How to induce lucid dreaming and the effects it has on the body and

mind. In order to understand the effects this topic has on a person one must

fully understand what is lucid dreaming. Lucid dreaming is when the

individual who is dreaming is fully aware of this and can potential control the

events and actions that occur within the dream. The initial research

conducted surrounding the basic of what is lucid dreaming? is entailed in

multiple case studies. The phenomenon of lucid dreaming detailed in these

readings have lead me to find what these individuals are experiencing while

in the dreaming state. While in this state there are repercussions on both

the mind and body of those involved and I plan to research more on the

effects it has. Also another think that can often happen with lucid dreaming

is sleep paralysis, which can allow the mind to be awake but have no control

of the body.

Initial Inquiry Question(s)

The overall inquiry question for this topic is How to induce lucid

dreaming and the effects it has on the body and mind. The first question

is what is lucid dreaming, and the how common is it to experience lucid

dreaming. Then how to induce lucid dreaming and the many different

techniques used by people who have master the phenomenon. With the
more scientific aspect of the questions in mind lays with the main

question of what are the effects on the mind and body that are caused by

lucid dreaming. Also, what is sleep paralysis and what does it do to the

body and mind.

Your Interest in this Topic

We were encouraged to choose a topic that would peak our interest so

the research aspect would be fun and keep us entertained. I wanted to

choose a topic I had little to no knowledge about so that is would be

refreshing to learn something new. Also, I had seen a YouTube video about

lucid dreaming and it was very interesting and weird, so I wanted to know

more about it. Once I started research what lucid dreaming was I

wondered how it was possible and what people could do to make

themselves in control of their dreams. This lead me further into question

about the effects, short-term and long-term, on the mind and body.

Next Steps

The next steps for this inquiry project would be to form a more detailed

outline for the flow of the paper. To continue the research to find more

details about the effects on the mind and body, as well as learn more

about sleep paralysis and how lucid dreaming can put you into this state.

Gather more techniques of how to induce lucid dreaming and find the

most helpful ones. Find out if there are other things that can be caused by

lucid dreaming that could drastically effect a person. Another thing to find

out would be what typically happens within the lucid dreams, are there
certain things that cannot be controlled or a trend of what tends to

happen in the dreams.