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Abstract
Scientists have been recently investigating lucid dreams and their side effects because of their potential as therapeutic tools, where it is being claimed that they have positive impacts on immediate waking mood. This paper discusses several techniques of lucid dream induction, like WBTB, MILD, and reality testing. It also goes over several concepts related to lucidity, such as the REM stage, and different methods of dream content modification, such as altering the dream environment through mimicking a real-world scene. It turned out that lucidity does have promising results when being used as a therapeutic tool, except that it might increase negative psychopathologies on frequent use. It was also obvious that there is a partial dissociation between lucid dreams and the memories of the person experiencing them.