Lucid Dreaming, the "Meh" Generation and Black and White TVs

So our lucid dreaming conversation got me thinking the other day. I was on XBOXlive discussing class stuff with my "friends" that I don't know on there. Most reported having the ability or the experience of lucid dreaming. Most reported having experiences like a video game that they had been playing for a while. All agreed that it mostly happens when they get a new game and beat it in a marathon 12 hour session.

So after giving it some thought, I just Googled "Video Games and Lucid Dreaming." Well this researcher here, Dr. Gackenbach, is a PhD in Experimental psychology. She gave a presentation which can be found here, that links video game usage to lucid dreaming. Really interesting data about consciousness and the aware mind.

Later, I remembered a drunken conversation at a party one night and someone had mentioned how people who lived during the era of only Black and White TVs tend to dream only in black and white. I decided to Google "black and white television and dreaming" and found this.

It's interesting to consider that perhaps the environment we choose to put ourselves in will have such a tremendous impact on our subconsciousness. Perhaps even leading to differences in experiencing awareness, like being able to consider more than one thing at a time. Perhaps "unlocking" the brain's ability to process data.