Potential Effects of Lucid Dreaming on Immunocompetence

Abstract

There have been anecdotes and suggestions that lucid dreaming might be of some value for healing. Based on experiments conducted in the past showing a very strong correspondence between tasks performed in the dream state and effects on the brain and to a lesser extent the body, the suggestion that specific lucid dreams could facilitate the healing processes of the brain has been made. Dr. Andrew Brylowski has made a first pioneering step in developing a procedure for studying what may happen to the immune system during a lucid dream.