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The idea of one person being able to consciously travel or interact within the dream of another person, known variously as "'''dream telepathy'''",<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://alquinte.com/en/importance/lucid_mutual.shtml |title=The Importance of Dreams Survey – Lucidity And Telepathy |work=Alquinte.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018150258/http://alquinte.com/en/importance/lucid_mutual.shtml |archive-date=2006-10-18 |url-status=usurped |first=Harry |last=Bosma}}</ref><ref>[{{cite book |chapter-url=http://www.lucidity.com/LD9DIR.html |chapter=Chapter 9: -Dreaming, illusion, and reality |first=Stephen |last=LaBerge, (|date=1985). LUCID|title=Lucid DREAMING.Dreaming |isbn=0-345-33355-1 |publisher=[[Ballantine Books]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Dream Telepathy|first1=Montague|last1=Ullman|first2=Stanley|last2=Krippner|date=June 2003|isbn=1-57174-321-9}}</ref><ref>[http://www.dreaminglucid.com/articles/Dream%20Telepathy%20Explain%20Mutual%20Dreaming%2053.pdf Does Dream Telepathy Explain Mutual Lucid Dreaming?]</ref> "'''telepathic lucid dreaming'''" or "'''telepathic dreaming'''",<ref>[http://www.psychics.co.uk/telepathy.html Telepathy Dreams]</ref> has been explored in the realms of science and fantasy fiction; in recent works, such an interaction is often depicted as a computer-mediated [[psychotherapeutic]] action, as is the case in ''[[The Cell]]'', and ''[[Paprika (2006 film)|Paprika]]'', as well as through the direct intervention of another sleeping person, as in ''[[Inception]]'', ''[[Dreamscape (1984 film)|Dreamscape]]'' and ''[[Waking Life]]''. The concept is also included in the fantasy series ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' as an ability "[[Unusual abilities (Wheel of Time)#Dreamers and Dreamwalking|dreamwalkers]]" are able to use.