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

We’re warned that sleeplessness takes a serious toll. But obsessing over how to cure it may be even more damaging.

Sleep disorders are problems in sleep that meet diagnostic criteria for a disorder. They include insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, parasomnias and narcolepsy.

On average, you have between one to six dreams a night, the strongest occurring during REM sleep. Nobody remembers all the dreams they have, but if you've ever woken from a particularly unsettling ...

When I was a kid, I’d have vivid, intense dreams ― the details of which I’d bother my siblings about for hours. But sometime in my early 20s, they became less common. I reckon I have about ...

That's also a manifestation of REM sleep in your dream. During REM sleep you're completely paralyzed so that you don't act out your dreams. And so when you feel like your feet are in quicksand or ...

What are the functions, then, or the benefits of dreaming? Well we know that dream sleep, which principally comes from a stage that we call rapid eye movement sleep or REM sleep, dream sleep ...

Dreams are imaginary sequences—some with clear narratives, and some without—that play out in people’s minds as they sleep. Most dreams consist of a series of images, sensations, and emotions ...