I quite effectively use this technique at work.

Reminds me of Echopraxia (Peter Watts book)

That’s why we say “let me sleep on it”.

In “Why We Sleep” by Harvard sleep researcher Matthew Walker, he says that during REM sleep your brain revisits emotional experiences but in a chemically safe environment. Stress-related chemicals like noradrenaline are greatly reduced so you can replay difficult or painful memories but without the full emotional intensity you felt at the time. The brain can process and “defuse” those emotions.

TLDR, sleeping on it works.

Where is the control group of regular dreamers exposed to the same sounds when in REM?

Lucid dreaming is just an unusually awake form of dreaming. Not surprising that they can hear things especially the ones that can move their eyes left and right when prompted…

The study should have simply been find people that can move their eyes left and right when prompted that still have REM brain waves tell them some random thing and see if they can remember it when you wake them up. I don’t know why that’s not completely obvious maybe it is and these guys are just grifters

It's gonna be really sad in 10-15 years when all the sc bros are hustling and grindsetting their dreams away.

I hate evopsych speculation, but this might be involved in PTSD-related nightmares.

Your brain is exploring the trauma-space while asleep to learn to deal with similar experiences.

Hypnospace

Now that there is proof of communication while dreaming, it is only a matter of time before someone manages to vibe code while sleeping.