27 October 2022
Listening to a specific piano sound while practicing a type of therapy that can ease nightmares reduced people's bad dreams when the same sound was played as they slept
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
26 July 2022
Mind wandering can boost creativity and memory, but it can also damage your mental health. Now we are learning to recognise the dangers of maladaptive daydreaming
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
27 April 2021
We spend one-third of our lives asleep, but why is it so essential? In this episode, we explain the science of sleep and why we can’t stay awake indefinitely.
30 April 2020
Lockdown measures and pandemic-related anxiety may be making you have more vivid dreams. Evidence suggests talking about them can help
5 February 2019
To understand why many of us enjoy being scared, a team of scientists studied the people visiting a haunted house set in a dilapidated factory
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
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
18 July 2018
For the first time, researchers have got evidence that dreams help soothe the impact of emotional events in our lives, acting like overnight therapy
