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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As Hobson described, dreams were “meaningless electrical discharge” (1977). This view is echoed in a lot of colloquial ...

Ever wonder why vivid dreams vanish upon waking? Our brains process dreams differently, with logic centers less active. Dreams occur in a fragile REM state, easily disrupted by waking. While dream ...

Leading sleep expert reveals the latest science behind the dreaming brain and why we have nightmares in her new book. Why do we dream at all? What makes a person prone to nightmares? How do our bodies ...

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 ...