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

Carry-over effects pose an intriguing oneiric paradox: the dream is not real, but it has real effects on our body and ...

We often hear stories of people who’ve learned from their dreams or been inspired by them. Think of Paul McCartney’s story of how his hit song “Yesterday” came to him in a dream or of Mendeleev’s ...

Your Brain's Night Shift A 2023 study found a strong link between the content of dreams and the consolidation of newly formed ...

Your heart is racing. You are ducked behind a dumpster on a street you haven’t walked since high school. Someone is chasing you. You can feel your heartbeat in your ears. You reach into your pocket ...

After a lifetime of admiring cheetahs, their grace and speed – yet knowing how deadly they could be – Emily Foster felt strangely unafraid when she came face to face with two of them. One had an ...

It’s easy to dismiss a dream as your imagination running wild, but if you pay attention, a dream can be a very powerful tool, carrying important divine messages that enhance your life. The dream ...

In a nighttime experiment called the Dream Catcher, people’s dreams slipped right through the net. Looking at only the brain wave activity of sleeping people, scientists weren’t able to reliably spot ...