Published

 

Wang, X., Peters, E., Strelen, J., Lockhart, N., Franklin, M., LaBerge, S., Koenig, T., Dresler, M., & Erlacher, D. (2026). EEG microstates reveal distinct network dynamics in lucid and non-lucid REM sleep. Consciousness and Cognition, 141, 104047. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2026.104047 

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Krugliakova, E., Breuer, F., Adelhöfer, N., Alonso, A., Besedovsky, L., Murphy, K., Peters, E., Raczek, K., Rasch, B., Salvesen, L., Snipes, S.,Schoch, S., Schreiner, T., Wassing, R., Bergmann, T. O., & Dresler, M. (2025). Hacking the functions of sleep: Non-invasive approaches tostimulate sleep neurophysiology. Physiological Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1152/physrev.00007.2025

 

Peters, E., Bonamino, C., Fischer, K., & Erlacher, D. (2025). Juggling the Limits of Lucidity: Searching for Cognitive Constraints in LucidDream Motor Practice: 4 Case Reports. Brain Sciences, 15(8), 879. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci15080879

 

Peters, E., Urwyler, L., & Erlacher, D. (2025). Shifting body perception: How amputation alters dream imagery. International Journal of Dream Research

 

Peters, E., Kummer, L., & Erlacher, D. (2024). Two-way communication in lucid dreaming using Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS).International Journal of Dream Research, 17(2), 215–223. https://doi.org/10.11588/ijodr.2024.2.106414

 

Peters, E., Erlacher, D., Rühl, M., & Schädlich, M. (2024). Sounds of lucidity: Auditory stimulation for triggering reality checks in lucid dreaminduction. Dreaming, https://doi.org/10.1037/drm0000282

 

Peters, E., Erlacher, D., Müller, F., & Schredl, M. (2023). Using hypnotic enhancement with auditory suggestion for lucid dream induction.Somnologie, 27(3), 198–205. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11818-023-00414-7

 

Peters, E., Golembiewski, S., Erlacher, D., & Dresler, M. (2023). Extending mental practice to sleep: Enhancing motor skills through luciddreaming. Medical Hypotheses, 174, 111066. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2023.111066 

 

Gott, J., Bovy, L., Peters, E., Tzioridou, S., Meo, S., Demirel, Ç., Esfahani, M. J., Oliveira, P. R., Houweling, T., Orticoni, A., Rademaker, A.,Booltink, D., Varatheeswaran, R., van Hooijdonk, C., Chaabou, M., Mangiaruga, A., van den Berge, E., Weber, F. D., Ritter, S., & Dresler, M.(2021). Virtual reality training of lucid dreaming. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376(1817),20190697. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0697

 

Gott, J., Rak, M., Bovy, L., Peters, E., van Hooijdonk, C. F. M., Mangiaruga, A., Varatheeswaran, R., Chaabou, M., Gorman, L., Wilson, S.,Weber, F., Talamini, L., Steiger, A., & Dresler, M. (2020). Sleep fragmentation and lucid dreaming. Consciousness and Cognition, 84,102988. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2020.102988

 

Preprints

 

Bonamino, C., & Peters, E. (2025). Lucid Dream Control: Mechanisms, Challenges, and Future Directions. OSF. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/mte5x_v1
 

Peters, E., Heitmann, J., Morath, N., Roth, M., Bühler, N., Nussbaumer, E., Wang, X., Kredel, R., Maurer, S., Dresler, M., & Erlacher, D. (2026). Waking Up in the Dream Lab: A Lab-Based Lucid Dream Induction Paradigm Using Virtual Reality and Sensory Stimulation (p. 2026.03.11.711049). bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.11.711049
 

Peters, E., Pöhlmann, J., Wang, X., Dresler, M., & Erlacher, D. (2024). A Comparative Study of Muscular, Vestibular, and Haptic Stimulation on Dream Incorporation. BioRxiv, 2024.12.05.626974. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.05.626974
 

Peters, E., Wang, X., Fischer, K., Bühler, N., Morath, N., Heitmann, J., Nussbaumer, E., Kredel, R., Maurer, S., Dresler, M., & Erlacher, D. (2026). Balancing Lucidity: Muscle and Vestibular Stimulation for Lucid Dream Induction. BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.11.711028

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Submitted

 

Peters, E., Baird, B., Erlacher, D., LaBerge, S., & Dresler, M., (in production). Lucid Dreaming. In M. H. Kryger, T. Roth, & C. A. Goldstein(Eds.), Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine (8th ed.). Elsevier.

 

Bonamino, C., & Peters, E. (under review). Lucid dream control: Mechanisms, challenges, and future directions. Journal of Sleep Research

 

Peters, E., Poehlmann, J., Wang, X., Dresler, M., & Erlacher, D. (under review). Investigating the transfer of physical stimuli to the dreamed body: A comparative study of muscular, vestibular, and haptic stimulation on dream incorporation. PLOS ONE.

 

In preparation

 

Peters, E., Bonamino, C., & Erlacher, D. (in preparation). Lucid Dream Control Questionnaire (LDC).

 

Peters, E., et al. (Neuroscience of Consciousness). Waking Up in the Dream Lab: Lucidity through Laboratory Dreaming and Virtual Reality

 

Peters, E., et al. (SLEEP advances) Bodily Stimulation During REM Sleep: Effects of Muscle and Vestibular Cueing on Lucid Dreaming.

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Peters, E., Konkoly, K.R., Picard-Deland, C., Roth, M., & Erlacher, D. (in preparation). Quantifying the distortion in retrospective lucid dream reports – a proof of concept.