When you're in deep sleep, your mind can paint vivid scenes like being chased by fictional serial killer Michael Myers or unexpectedly bumping into your ex — but why? "I can say with certainty that ...

As Hobson described, dreams were “meaningless electrical discharge” (1977). This view is echoed in a lot of colloquial ...

New technology aims to help you induce a lucid dream at will, enabling you to enter a state of consciousness where anything ...

A 2023 study found a strong link between the content of dreams and the consolidation of newly formed memories, revealing that your sleeping brain isn't just resting but actively working. While it is ...

Lucid dreaming has long sat in a gray zone between folklore and science, described by sleepers who insist they can steer their dreams while skeptics questioned whether the experience was anything more ...

After analyzing many previous studies on lucid dreaming, researchers have defined it as a state that differs significantly from both REM sleep and wakefulness. The awareness of dreaming during a lucid ...

When I was 7, I dreamt that my brother and I were being abducted. As the men were taking us away, I realised that I was dreaming, and I turned to my brother and said, “I’m going to kick him and break ...

An international consortium of researchers has created the largest-ever database compiling records of brain activity during sleep and dream reports. One of the first analyses of the database confirmed ...

What if you could experience all the benefits of dreaming—emotional healing, creativity boosts, memory processing—without ever closing your eyes? Scientists have uncovered that certain psychedelics ...

Ever wake up convinced something happened that actually didn’t? That vivid memory of a conversation with your friend, a movie you’re sure you watched, or an event that feels completely real but never ...

Neuroscientists and philosophers have debated this thought experiment for decades as they have tried to understand how the ...