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

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 ...

Sleep is something we all do every day, yet it’s surprisingly complex and full of mystery. While it may feel like nothing ...

REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement and it’s seen as the deepest stage of the sleep cycle. As the name states, REM sleep is ...

People who take longer to get to the dreaming part of the sleep cycle are more likely to develop dementia, a new study suggests. Taking longer to enter the dream phase — known as rapid eye movement or ...

The simulation hypothesis states that we are characters in a computer simulation. Scientists have taken this hypothesis seriously I think because it offers interesting potential explanations for a ...

Dreams can be weird: sex dreams, stress dreams, dreams about your ex who you thought you were totally over. But have you ever had a dream so frustrating, upsetting, or bizarre that you wished you ...

Imagine standing in a quiet meadow; the emerald grass blades and yellow flowers sway with a gentle breeze. As a brook murmurs in the distance, everything feels weightless and soft. Then, with a sharp ...

Psychologist Westley Youngren explains why we dream, why nightmares are so important to study, and lucid dreaming is ...

Recent groundbreaking scientific findings have unveiled a surprising link between the timing of our dreams and cognitive health. This connection, if further validated, could shift the way we ...