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

They were studying rapid-eye-movement sleep, which is the stage of sleep where people dream most vividly. In REM sleep, "every muscle in your body is completely paralyzed, except you can twitch ...

Although dream psychoanalysis may have only begun in the last century or two, people have studied dreams for far longer: Aristotle wrote about dreams as early as 325 B.C., according to Kryger.

People dream during REM sleep, which usually begins about 90 minutes after a person falls asleep, said Dr. Tania Adib, a consultant gynecologist at The Lister Hospital in the U.K.

People can say all sorts of strange things in their sleep, but a new study suggests that someone in the middle of a vivid dream can understand questions – and even answer them.

A particular sort of dream control helps people mold their minds, practice real-life skills, and even shape their waking ...

That’s why AC heard the ‘voice of God’ asking whether or not ... of objects, or other people in the dream. “Sometimes it ... who had frequent lucid dreams. During REM sleep, ...

Like REM (rapid-eye movement) sleep, people can dream in the hypnagogic state. But during that phase, they can still hear the outside world and are less fully immersed in their dreams overall.

Lucid dreaming, particularly, makes two-way communication possible. The REM stage of sleep has long been studied as the key area for dreaming. Because of its role in dreaming, the REM stage ...

Research finds that REM sleep and dreams are linked to health ... “For most people, REM sleep makes up about 20 to 25% of the time they spend asleep,” says Lerner’s co-author and ...