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Rapid eye movements during sleep reveal where mice look in dreams

25 August 2022

In mice, jerky eye movements in the REM phase of sleep correlate with recordings of brain activity in cells that track head orientation

Listening to friends tell you about their dreams helps develop empathy

8 April 2022

Most ideas about the function of dreams involve memory consolidation or managing emotions, but dreams may also serve to increase our sense of togetherness when they are shared with others

We dream even when under general anaesthetic

28 August 2018

When we're under general anaesthesia, we are still internally conscious and we even have dreams, but we don't remember them because anaesthesia gives us amnesia

A drug's weird side effect lets people control their dreams

16 August 2018

Researchers have developed the most effective technique for lucid dreaming yet, and it may allow people to fulfil fantasies and overcome nightmares and phobias

The dreams you forget are the most important for learning

1 June 2018

Dreams help us store memories, enabling us to learn. Now a study has revealed that it’s the boring dreams we have during deep sleep that are the most important

Brain zap can make people re-experience old dreams while awake

9 March 2018

While déjà-vu is a false feeling of familiarity, déjà-rêvé is a rare experience of suddenly recalling a dream – and it can be sparked by zapping the brain