Dreaming

After a loss, people often continue to feel the presence of the deceased—in dreams or even while awake, according to new psychological research.

Nightmares often follow a night of disrupted sleep, according to new research—but having a nightmare doesn’t necessarily cause worse sleep afterward.

People with dissociative symptoms often have fragmented, incoherent dreams, higher nightmare distress, and more lucid dreaming, suggesting that dream patterns and REM sleep disturbances are linked to a fragmented sense of self.

New research sheds light on why some individuals are more prone to frequent nightmares, pointing to thin psychological boundaries and a trait called nightmare proneness as significant factors.

Northwestern researchers found that a smartphone app using sensory cues significantly increased lucid dream frequency. Participants experienced nearly triple their usual rate of lucid dreams, showing that the Targeted Lucidity Reactivation method is effective outside the lab.

A recent study found that individuals who had near-death experiences reported more frequent and vivid dreams, including lucid dreams, out-of-body experiences, and precognitive dreams, compared to those who hadn’t come close to death, suggesting altered consciousness influences dreaming.

Researchers have demonstrated that lucid dreamers can control and respond to a virtual environment in their dreams, successfully navigating a virtual car. This study, published in the International Journal of Dream Research, marks a significant advancement in dream control technology.

Researchers have discovered it's possible to communicate with people during various sleep stages, including REM, by receiving simple responses to questions and stimuli. This breakthrough enhances our understanding of dreams and opens new avenues for studying the sleeping brain.

Researchers from the California-based startup REMspace successfully transferred melodies from lucid dreams to reality using electronic sensors and specialized software. The study, which recorded melodies dreamt during lucid dreams via electromyography (EMG), opens possibilities for musicians to capture and share...

A new study has found that lucid dreaming is generally a positive experience, associated with better sleep quality, improved mental well-being, and reduced feelings of loneliness. While concerns about potential negative effects have been raised, the study suggests that lucid...

People who have had COVID-19 tend to report having more nightmares than people who have not been infected by the virus, according to research published in Nature and Science of Sleep.

A new randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study helps to bridge the gap between previous research that had examined LSD as a model of psychosis and research on the therapeutic value of psychedelic drugs. The findings, which appear in the journal Psychological...

A new study published in Frontiers in Psychology provides an in-depth look at the types of otherworldly experiences that people have when they take a high dose of the psychedelic substance dimethyltryptamine (DMT). The findings provide new insight on the...

New research provides more evidence that the Wake-up-Back-to-Bed sleep protocol can help to induce lucid dreams, in which the dreamer is aware they are dreaming and can partially control the experience. The study has been published in the journal Dreaming....