Scientists have mapped brain activity during lucid dreaming for the first time, showing increased gamma activity in the precuneus region at the moment of becoming lucid During lucid dreaming, brain ...

Brain scans have recently been utilized in groundbreaking studies to recreate images from dreams. This impressive leap in technology promises to unlock new perspectives on human cognition and the ...

AI was the key that unlocked these brain “neighborhoods.” They could also light the way to curing disorders like Alzheimer’s.

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 ...

New neuroscience reveals sleep is an active brain process, not just rest. Parts of your brain remain awake during deep sleep, ...

In some of those cases, lucid dreaming should be practiced under the care of a qualified expert, Weiss says. She recommends ...

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 ...

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 ...

In this video, pediatric anesthesiologist Max Feinstein, MD, talks to researchers at Stanford University. The team, led by Boris Heifets, MD, PhD, studies altered states of consciousness, including ...

The spinal cord is the control cable that connects the brain to the rest of the body. If it is severed, people lose the ability to move their body below the site of the injury. But if it is only ...