Can you dream yourself to recall specific details and events? Maybe. Some experts on lucid dreaming think so, and psychology student Remy Mallett would like to prove it.
Mallett, who is majoring in psychology and biology, was one of nine undergraduate students to receive a $1,000 research grant from the UMSL College of Arts and Sciences in the spring.
“Remy is exactly the type of student the program is designed to support,” said Susan Welcome, assistant professor of psychology at UMSL. “He is a true scholar and one of the most intellectually curious people I have ever met. Remy is full of questions, both in the classroom and in the lab. He reads journal articles in his free time and wrote a paper over Spring Break out of pure interest. This opportunity to pursue his own line of research and to answer his own questions is one that will serve him well on his path as a future scientist. The grant has given him the confidence that his ideas are worthy of the support of the university and that means a lot to him.”
Mallett has been interested in lucid dreams for many years. Lucid dreaming is a state in which one has conscious awareness of the dream.
Reviewed 2014-10-15