Could the same method one day power sleep-time ads? It's like the movie Inception, but without Leonardo DiCaprio, unless you ...

Real-world scientists have succeeded in intentionally changing the contents of a person’s dreams, even reducing the frequency of nightmares, but the process isn’t quite as cinematic as Christopher ...

Like the device you’re probably reading this on, sometimes our brains need a hard reset or update to keep our software running bug-free. For humans, that’s sleep. Aside from being necessary for our ...

New research from Northwestern University suggests that dreams may play a more active role in creative problem-solving than previously demonstrated.

Sleeping on a problem might be more powerful than we ever imagined. Neuroscientists at Northwestern University have shown that dreams can actually be nudged in specific directions — and those dream ...

That’s according to researchers from the University of Hong Kong, who implemented a procedure called “targeted memory reactivation” (TMR) to reactivate positive memories and weaken painful ones during ...

Experiments involving playing music during sleep have revealed a type of dream engineering that doubled subjects' problem-solving abilities.

New research now shows how dreams during REM sleep help the brain rethink problems and find creative solutions naturally.

We've all heard the best approach to solve a problem is to "sleep on it." It turns out there may be more truth to this adage than previously thought. While stories abound of eureka moments surfacing ...

Ever been told to 'sleep on it'? A new study reveals how sound cues during REM sleep can guide your dreams to solve complex problems and boost creativity. Discover the science behind it.