In the late 1800s scientists began to interrogate the neurological basis of dreams. That changed in Sigmund Freud’s time but ...

There is no definitive explanation for how a dream neurologically transitions from being ordinary to becoming lucid or vivid, ...

Some mornings, waking up might feel like interrupting a vivid alternate universe. You open your eyes to reality, but the ...

It sounds like a sci-fi movie, but it happens as a type of metacognition or cognitive control during REM sleep. Vivid dreaming is a high-definition dream where the experiences feel real and the person ...

People who take significantly longer to enter the rapid eye movement phase of sleep could be experiencing an early symptom of ...

REM sleep goes even deeper into brain recovery, dreaming and processing memories and emotions. This is the sleep stage in ...

However, the study couldn’t say in which direction the association runs -- whether people developing Alzheimer’s have delayed dream sleep, or whether poor dreaming increases Alzheimer’s risk.

Mednick also views dreams as a kind of “overnight therapy,” citing a sleep study that found, among divorced people, those who dreamed about their ex-spouses had fewer depressive symptoms after ...