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·July 18, 2025·5 min read

Sleep to Consciousness: How the Brain Transitions from Dreams to Reality

Each morning, your brain undergoes a precise sequence to shift from sleep to wakefulness, reorienting you to the world. A study using high-density EEG recordings found that awakening begins in frontal regions and spreads backward, with distinct patterns depending on whether you wake from REM or non-REM sleep.

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·June 7, 2025·2 min read

Conquering Nightmares and Insomnia with Science

A new workbook offers science-backed strategies to help individuals overcome chronic nightmares and insomnia. Using proven therapeutic approaches, it teaches readers how to rewrite distressing dreams and develop healthier sleep patterns.

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·April 25, 2025·4 min read

What Makes Dreams Memorable? Study Reveals Three Key Predictors

Not everyone remembers their dreams, and a new study reveals why. Researchers found that dream recall is most strongly influenced by a person’s attitude toward dreams, their tendency to mind-wander, and specific sleep characteristics.

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·April 21, 2025·3 min read

Lucid Dreaming Reveals a New Layer of Conscious Brain Activity

Lucid dreaming, where people become aware they are dreaming, has long fascinated both scientists and dreamers. A new study with the largest dataset of its kind has identified distinct brain activity patterns that separate lucid dreaming from both REM sleep and wakefulness.

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·February 19, 2025·5 min read

Why Some People Remember Dreams and Others Don’t

A new study explores why some people vividly recall dreams while others forget them. Researchers found that dream recall is influenced by personality traits, sleep patterns, and even seasonal changes. People who frequently daydream and have a positive attitude toward dreams were more likely to remember them.

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·October 24, 2024·6 min read

Lucid Dreaming Increased with Sensory Cues

A new study shows that a lucid dreaming app, using the method called Targeted Lucidity Reactivation (TLR), can increase lucid dreaming frequency from 0.74 to 2.11 dreams per week. This research demonstrated that sensory cues delivered during sleep significantly enhanced dream awareness, with participants reporting improved emotional states after lucid dreams. The app combines pre-sleep training with auditory cues, showing promise for sleep-based self-improvement.

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·October 4, 2024·5 min read

How Lucid Dreaming Can Help Us Understand the Brain

Recent studies have uncovered intriguing insights into dreams, from two-way communication in lucid dreaming to the role of social interactions in dream sharing. Lucid dreamers have even controlled virtual objects while asleep, revealing the potential for real-time communication during dreams.

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·May 31, 2024·7 min read

Dreaming the Future: Neurons Predict Events in Sleep

Researchers discovered that certain neurons not only replay past experiences but also anticipate future events during sleep. By studying rats' hippocampal activity, they found that neurons stabilize spatial representations and prepare for future tasks.

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·May 26, 2024·7 min read

Nightmares May Signal Autoimmune Flares

A new study suggests that increased nightmares and hallucinations can signal the onset of autoimmune diseases like lupus. The research highlights the need for greater recognition of these symptoms as early indicators of disease flares.

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·May 20, 2024·4 min read

Social Media Nightmares: A New Phenomenon

A new study finds a link between increased social media use and the likelihood of experiencing social media-related nightmares. These nightmares, often involving themes of cyberbullying, online hate, or excessive social media use, are associated with negative mental health outcomes like anxiety and depression. The research introduces the Social Media Nightmare-Related Scale (SMNS) to quantify this phenomenon and calls for further investigation into the impact of social media on dreams.

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·May 14, 2024·4 min read

Dreams Dull the Distress of Emotional Memories

Dreaming helps prioritize and diminish the severity of emotionally charged memories. Participants who reported dreaming had better recall and were less reactive to negative images.

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·May 13, 2024·6 min read

Parasomnia: What Happens in the Brain During Sleepwalking?

Researchers made significant advances in understanding parasomnias—complex sleep behaviors where individuals are semi-conscious, often interacting with their environment. The team explored brain activity during these episodes, revealing that dreams and unconscious actions can occur during non-REM sleep, challenging previous assumptions about sleep stages and dream occurrence.