“For in dreams we enter a world that is entirely our own. Let them swim in the deepest ocean or glide over the highest cloud,” Albus Dumbledore tells Harry Potter in Prisoner of Azkaban, reminding him ...

A new study suggests that the feeling of having slept deeply is not determined solely by reduced brain activity. Instead, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers who reviewed scientific literature on lucid dreaming now think that it could be a treatment for trauma and anxiety. Lucid dreams are ...

Scientists have long tried to decode every dream we have. Some say it’s survival training, others say it’s memory at work, ...

In this video, pediatric anesthesiologist Max Feinstein, MD, talks to researchers at Stanford University. The team, led by Boris Heifets, MD, PhD, studies altered states of consciousness, including ...

Neurologists explain when you should pay careful attention to any unusual dreams.