Although the sense of agency is often reduced if not absent in dreams, our agentive dream experiences can at times be similar to or enhanced compared to waking. The sense of agency displayed in dreams is perplexing as we are mostly shut off from real stimulus whilst asleep. Theories of waking sense of agency, in particular, comparator and holistic models, are analysed in order to argue that despite the isolation from the real environment, these models can help account for dream experience. The dreamer might feel an increased sense of control of their dream bodies and a sense that they can directly control elements of the dream world. Such experiences may at times be caused by superstitious or delusional thinking due to altered cognition and changes to the sleeping brain. Here it is argued that some such experiences are akin to specific waking delusions, such as delusions of grandeur, with similar cognitive features. However, other instances of increased sense of agency in dreaming appear to be sui generis and nothing like what we experience when awake. Lucid control dreams, in which the dreamer realises that they are dreaming and that they can control the dream environment, are examples of such an experience although further nuance is required to account for their specific cognitive attributes. Future empirical research should focus on controlled dream reporting conditions in order to clarify the types of experience that occur and determine the relevant cognitive mechanisms that relate to each type.

尽管在梦中的代理感即使不是不存在，也经常会降低，但与清醒相比，我们的代理梦体验有时可能类似于或增强。梦中显示的代理感令人困惑，因为我们在睡觉时大多与真实刺激隔绝。对清醒代理感的理论，特别是比较模型和整体模型进行了分析，以论证尽管与真实环境隔离，但这些模型可以帮助解释梦境体验。做梦者可能会感觉到对自己梦中身体的控制感增强，并且可以直接控制梦境中的元素。这种经历有时可能是由于认知改变和睡眠大脑的变化而导致的迷信或妄想。这里有人认为，一些这样的体验类似于特定的清醒妄想，例如宏伟妄想，具有相似的认知特征。然而，其他在梦中增强代理感的例子似乎是自成一格的，与我们清醒时的体验完全不同。清醒控制梦，其中做梦者意识到他们在做梦并且他们可以控制梦境，是这种体验的例子，尽管需要进一步的细微差别来解释他们的特定认知属性。未来的实证研究应侧重于受控的梦报告条件，以阐明所发生的经验类型并确定与每种类型相关的相关认知机制。其他在梦中增强代理感的例子似乎是自成一格的，与我们清醒时的体验完全不同。清醒控制梦，其中做梦者意识到他们在做梦并且他们可以控制梦境，是这种体验的例子，尽管需要进一步的细微差别来解释他们的特定认知属性。未来的实证研究应侧重于受控的梦报告条件，以阐明所发生的经验类型并确定与每种类型相关的相关认知机制。其他在梦中增强代理感的例子似乎是自成一格的，与我们清醒时的体验完全不同。清醒控制梦，其中做梦者意识到他们在做梦并且他们可以控制梦境，是这种体验的例子，尽管需要进一步的细微差别来解释他们的特定认知属性。未来的实证研究应侧重于受控的梦报告条件，以阐明所发生的经验类型并确定与每种类型相关的相关认知机制。是这种体验的例子，尽管需要进一步的细微差别来解释它们的特定认知属性。未来的实证研究应侧重于受控的梦报告条件，以阐明所发生的经验类型并确定与每种类型相关的相关认知机制。是这种体验的例子，尽管需要进一步的细微差别来解释它们的特定认知属性。未来的实证研究应侧重于受控的梦报告条件，以阐明所发生的经验类型并确定与每种类型相关的相关认知机制。