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REBROADCAST:...if there's any truth to the movie Inception? (with Karen Konkoly)

May 10, 2023 • California Science Center • Season 4 • Episode 7

One of my all-time favorite movies is Inception. No joke, I recently rewatched it, and even though it came out over a decade ago, it still holds up. Between the character’s adventures in different dream levels and the manipulation of time in the story, I still find myself picking up on new details when I watch it again for the umpteenth time. It’s all great movie magic, but…

Ever wonder if there’s any truth to the movie Inception?

Karen Konkoly is a graduate student researcher in psychology at Northwestern University. We recently talked to her about her work studying lucid dreaming. And in this short episode, we ask Karen to help us sort out the sci-fi movie magic from real dream science.

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