For centuries, humans have marveled at the strange theater of their nightly visions. We wake with fragments of impossible ...

Overall, these results suggest frequent nightmares may be one of the earliest signs of dementia, which can precede the ...

It may seem hard to believe for those who rarely remember their dreams, but psychologists have found strong evidence that sleep and dreaming are closely intertwined with the dynamics of memory.

Dreams have been described as dress rehearsals for real life, opportunities to gratify wishes, and a form of nocturnal therapy. A new theory aims to make sense of it all. Why do we dream? In the ...

Some mornings, waking up might feel like interrupting a vivid alternate universe. You open your eyes to reality, but the dream you were having still lingers clearly in your memory, complete with ...

This photo shows Karen Konkoly, a team member on the recent sleep study, watching brain signals from a sleeping participant in the lab. Researchers are working to expand and refine two-way ...

Lucid dreaming has all manner of benefits, from honing your skills to defeating PTSD - if you can learn to control it ...

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