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

That’s a really interesting question, and people have been asking it for thousands of years. But it’s difficult to answer because dreams are difficult to study scientifically. Think about it: how easy ...

That dream where you're falling from the sky and jerk awake is actually pretty common. On average, a person will have between one and six dreams a night, and the most vivid ones occur during REM sleep ...

You're back in school and suddenly have to take a test, despite not having been present to learn any of the material. Your teeth are suddenly falling out. You run into an acquaintance you haven't seen ...

Have you ever woken up with vivid memories of a dream, only for them to fade within minutes? Or perhaps you rarely remember your dreams at all? While some people recall intricate dream sequences every ...

Anthony Bloxham does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

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 ...

In a previous post, I mentioned there are five ways to understand the language of dreams, including that dreams are extrasensory, that is, they express dream material that is not derived from sense ...

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

There's nothing quite as good for your health and well-being as getting good, quality rest. It can work wonders for your body and mind and there's a lot of research around sleep and its importance in ...