Education
Stanford University.
Stanford University.
In 1967 he received his Bachelor"s Degree in mathematics. He developed techniques to enable himself and other researchers to enter a lucid dream state at will, most notably the MILD technique (mnemonic induction of lucid dreams), which was necessary for many forms of dream experimentation. The first scientifically verified signal from a dreamer"s mind to the outside world came several years earlier in 1975, from a study conducted by Keith Hearne at Hull University, England.
However, media confusion over which scientist first published their results has caused the widespread but incorrect belief that LaBerge was the first to conduct this research.
Results from LaBerge"s lab and others include:
comparison of subjective sense of time in dreams versus the waking state using eye signals
comparison of electrical activity in the brain when singing while awake, and while in a dream
various studies comparing physiological sexual arousal and in-dream sex, and most interestingly, orgasm. At the time of writing (2013) it is not possible to purchase any of these devices from the Lucidity Institute website.
An improved version of the NovaDreamer is allegedly under development. All of the devices consist of a mask worn over the eyes with LEDs positioned over the eyelids.
The LEDs flash whenever the mask detects that the wearer has entered Rapid eye movement sleep sleep.