But, how do dreams work? Most dreaming occurs during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, a stage of the sleep cycle where brain activity increases, the body becomes temporarily paralyzed, and vivid dreams ...

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 ...

Dreams are not just imaginations, but the process by which the brain organizes emotions and memories. Sufficient sleep and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many sleep researchers avoid sampling dreams in their studies, perhaps because dreams can be difficult to record, quantify, and analyze. Instead, sleep research tends to focus on more tangible ...

Andrew Daniels and John Gilpatrick discuss how this mysterious phenomenon could let you rehearse life itself. What if you ...

Neuroscientists often quote Emily Dickinson's poem that begins, "The brain is wider than the sky," in support of their view that the mind is nothing but the brain. But they interpret the poem too ...