Each night, our brains cycle through hours of activity that remain surprisingly mysterious. Even though much of that time is spent dreaming, scientists still don't fully understand what the brain is ...

Neuroscientists studying the shifts between sleep and awareness are finding many liminal states, which could help explain the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

However, there is 1% of the population who scientists say can "read" in their dreams. They are primarily writers who tend to ...

We spend up to a third of our lives dreaming, but why? Neurosurgeon Dr Rahul Jandial unlocks their hidden meaning ...

Dreams have fascinated people for millennia, yet we struggle to understand their purpose. Some theories suggest dreams help us deal with emotions, solve problems or manage hidden desires. Others ...

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 ...

From the depths of your mind (or brain) a dream is generated, and neither you awake nor you within the dream knows how and why this happens. Instead of there being a separate self that contains and ...

What new research on the avian brain and REM sleep in birds might reveal about our own dream lives. By Maria Popova I once dreamed a kiss that hadn’t yet happened. I dreamed the angle at which our ...