There is no definitive explanation for how a dream neurologically transitions from being ordinary to becoming lucid or vivid, ...

We ask an expert why REM sleep is so important, what happens if we don't get enough of it and how to get more REM sleep.

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 three ...

Delayed REM sleep was found to be linked to higher Alzheimer’s risk. Healthy sleep habits and treatments may help mitigate ...

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

Recent studies reveal how the timing of dreams may offer clues to Alzheimer's risk. How sleep patterns impact cognitive health and prevention.

A new study showed that people who took longer to enter this dream phase of sleep had higher levels of amyloid beta and tau, ...

You may have heard that REM sleep is when dreams happen. And it’s true that many of our most vivid, most story-like, and longest dreams tend to occur during this phase, says Wamsley. However ...

However, some research suggests that poor sleep could raise your risk of Alzheimer’s. A study published in November found ...

Scientists at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan have discovered how sleep helps strengthen memories linked to ...

“If you dream about an event ... then there’s a higher chance that you will wake up from REM sleep,” said Jing Zhang, a cognitive scientist at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts ...

If feeling groggy most mornings or being prone to colds sounds familiar, improving your REM sleep quota could make all the difference. Also known as dream sleep, as it’s when we tend to dream ...