Why Do We Dream And Can We Control Them? Our Chat With A Dream Scientist

About this episode

The episode explores the nature of dreams and the possibility of controlling them through a conversation with dream scientist Karen Konkoly.

Why do we dream? What even is a dream? And can we control our dreams? Those are just a couple of the questions surrounding the mystery that is dreaming. Today, Raj and Noah dive into the murky dreamworld with postdoctoral fellow in the Cambridge Consciousness and Cognition Laboratory , Karen Konkoly , where she explores consciousness in the dreaming brain and specializes in lucid dreaming, to find out what dreams are really made of. Want to add to the conversation, or think you might be doing something wrong? Email us at amidoingitwrong@huffpost.com . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Raj, Noah

Guest: Karen Konkoly

Topics covered

• dreams
• lucid dreaming
• consciousness
• psychology
• science

Keywords

• dreams
• lucid dreaming
• consciousness
• dream science
• psychology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cambridge Consciousness and Cognition Laboratory

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