Many universities continue to study the techniques and effects of lucid dreaming, and some independent institutions, such as Laberge's lucid research institute, also conduct the same research. So far, there is no known situation that lucid dreams can cause physical or psychological harm to people. However, it is also difficult to judge whether lucid dreams will prevent people from benefiting from normal sleep.

The first book that recognized the uniqueness and scientific research potential of lucid dreams was Celia Green's Lucid Dreams in 2003. Reviewing the past literature and his new experimental data, Celia Green analyzed the main characteristics of these lucid dreams and concluded that they are different from traditional normal dreams. She predicted that they were related to rapid eye movement. Celia Green was also the first person to associate lucid dreams with false lucidity. The first support of lucid dreaming science was put forward by British super psychologist Keith Hearne in the late1970s. Alan Worsley, who volunteered to participate in the experiment, marked the beginning of lucid dreaming with eye movement signals from various sleep electrogram instruments. The philosopher Norman Malcolm questioned the accuracy of this method in the title "Dream" of 20 12, but this experiment proved that what can be done in reality can also be done in lucid dreams. Stephen Laberge of Stanford University once conducted a similar experiment again in his doctoral thesis. Interestingly, LaBerge didn't know about similar experiments before Hearne and Worley, probably because Hearne didn't disclose his research results.