TY  - JOUR
UR  - https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/IJoDR/article/view/9077
Y1  - 2011///
TI  - Frequency and nature of flying dreams in a long dream series
AV  - none
SP  - 31
JF  - International Journal of Dream Research
ID  - heidok12628
EP  - 34
IS  - 1
A1  - Schredl, Michael
N2  - Although many authors have speculated about the possible correlates of flying dreams, empirical research in this area is scarce. In a long series of 6701 dreams, 1.72% (115 dreams) of them included unaided flying. These showed great variability in characteristics like body position while flying; the activities that triggered flying; the method of flying; presence of other flying persons and being seen by other dream characters. Dreams with normal flying were associated with the waking-life experience of flying, whereas non-lucid flying dreams were not. Being lucid in a dream affects the characteristics of flying dreams. Assuming continuity on an emotional level, large-scale diary studies are needed to investigate the relationship between the emotions of flying dreams and waking life experiences.
VL  - 4
KW  - Flying dreams; continuity hypothesis; dream series
ER  -