Daydreamers: Just plain smarter

[Jason]

In the article “Metacognitive mechanisms underlying lucid dreaming” published in The Journal of Neuroscience, neuroscientists E. Filevich, M. Dresler, T.R. Brick, and S. Kühn from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry have compared brain structures of frequent lucid dreamers and non-frequent or non-lucid dreamers to better understand the nature of lucid dreaming.

Researchers also subject the participants into brain scans while solving metacognitive tests while being awake.

The results revealed that lucid dreamers have larger anterior prefrontal cortex. This area in the brain is responsible for controlling conscious cognitive processes. In addition, it plays a critical role in the human capability of self-reflection or metacognition.

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