Stephen LaBerge

Stephen LaBerge (* 1947 ) is an American psychologist and entrepreneur. Alongside Paul Tholey , who died in 1998, he is the leading researcher in the field of lucid dreams .

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LaBerge acquired in 1967 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics at the University of Arizona and got in 1980 the title of Ph.D. of psychology for his study Lucid dreaming: an exploratory study of consciousness during sleep . His main work has been translated into several languages. At Stanford University he was a Research Associate (postdoctoral fellow) in the Department of Psychology until 2003. He heads the Lucidity Institute, which he founded, which sells commercial self-awareness courses and devices designed to evoke lucid dreams ( Novadreamer ).

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LaBerge is a basic researcher in the field of lucid dream research. Independently of Keith Hearne , who does the same research and made similar discoveries around the same time, LaBerge was able to prove scientifically as part of his doctoral thesis that lucid dreams are a real phenomenon. The essence of the experiment was the empirical observation of his eye movements in the sleep laboratory during sleep. Time and again, LaBerge was able to generate an agreed, unmistakable signal that could not be explained by chance during his lucid dreams by consciously moving his eyeballs back and forth. He was demonstrably in REM sleep . In doing so, he also proved the scanning hypothesis . The experiment was later successfully repeated by many other people in this and similar experimental set-ups (for example, solving very simple arithmetic problems in dreams).

Works in English (selection)

Stephen LaBerge: Lucid Dreaming: The power of being aware and awake in your dreams 1985, ISBN 0-87477-342-3 .
Stephen LaBerge, Howard Rheingold :: Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming 1990, ISBN 0-345-37410-X .
Stephen LaBerge: Lucid Dreaming: A Concise Guide to Awakening in Your Dreams and in Your Life 2004, ISBN 1-59179-150-2 .

Works in German

Wide awake in a dream. Highest awareness in deep sleep . Paderborn 1987 ISBN 3-87387-266-8 Short discussion of the ekz , again Munich 1991
Dream what you want to dream - the art of lucid dreaming. MVG Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-864-15663-2 ( limited preview in Google book search), German translation of Exploring the world of lucid dreaming .

Web links

Literature by and about Stephen LaBerge in the catalog of the German National Library
lucidity.com: Institute website
Lectures by Stephen LaBerge:
- Perception, Dreaming, and Awakening (36 min.), English on YouTube , from February 7, 2014
- Lucid dreaming techniques on YouTube , May 20, 2015
- What can Lucid Dreaming tell us about consciousness? on YouTube , November 17, 2015
- Lucid Dreaming Presentation on YouTube , May 29, 2016

Individual evidence

↑ The expanded book edition of "Lucid dreaming: an exploratory study of consciousness during sleep" is entitled Lucid dreaming , Los Angeles 1985, ISBN 0-87477-342-3 ).

personal data
SURNAME	LaBerge, Stephen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American researcher in the field of lucid dreams
DATE OF BIRTH	1947

[1] The expanded book edition of "Lucid dreaming: an exploratory study of consciousness during sleep" is entitled Lucid dreaming , Los Angeles 1985, ISBN 0-87477-342-3 ).