“I was being pursued by frightful monsters. I was fleeing through an endless series of interconnecting rooms, always experiencing difficulty in opening the dividing doors and closing them behind me, ...

The bizarre contents of dreaming can easily seem like the products of mental deficiency. “Children of an idle brain” is what Mercutio calls them in Romeo & Juliet (I.iv.102). Many scientists today ...

New research suggests that a combination of therapy and sound-induced lucid dreaming can help people with narcolepsy have fewer nightmares. Reading time 2 minutes Vengeful, fire-breathing demons ...

A new study has demonstrated a new way to treat narcolepsy-related nightmares. The scientists combined cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and lucid dreaming to help patients in a small clinical trial.

Not all dreams have become or stay nightmares. Many experts in neuroscience and psychology have concluded that dreams are essential for all of humanity. Dreams are needed for our mental, emotional and ...

In Nightmare Obscura, the sleep scientist explores how dreams impact waking life and the growing research into techniques to control them. How do dreams affect our lives? Researchers are taking dream ...