Thread: Dark pulse induced lucid dream

Hello everyone,

Time ago I came across some research that really caught my interest, in order to keep it short I'll quote the important stuff:

"In albino rats, during the subjective night (and therefore when there is a weak light in the environment), by turning the light off. At thermoneutrality the probability of enter REM sleep is very high."

"A variety of sensory stimuli (e.g., visual, auditory, and thermal) are known to induce rapid eye movement (REM) sleep in mammals. Studies have examined the induction of REM sleep in albino rats by light-to-dark transitions, a phenomenon referred to as REM sleep triggering."

Studies that mention the phenomenon:
The pretectum mediates rapid eye movement sleep regulation by light. - PubMed - NCBI
Cold exposure impairs dark-pulse capacity to induce REM sleep in the albino rat. - PubMed - NCBI

Is anyone familiar with this? Has this been tested on humans? We are talking about a simple REM sleep triggering method here, if this or something similar were to work on human beings I think it could radically change lucid dreaming. And thus, my hype . Any insights?