Every few months, I have a nightmare that jolts me out of sleep. I’m usually breathing heavily, covered in sweat, and convinced that I really was just racing through a post-apocalyptic landscape, or ...

Psychologist Westley Youngren explains why we dream, why nightmares are so important to study, and lucid dreaming is overrated.

Several years ago, while visiting Madrid, I had the opportunity to visit the Prado Museum, one of the finest art museums in the world. It was there that I was able to see the original and world famous ...

Those who experience vivid nightmares and odd hallucinations might have an underlying autoimmune disease, a new study suggests. An international research team led by scientists at the University of ...

Your late-night snack could be sabotaging your sleep.

Vivid, upsetting nightmares happen sometimes. When they occur regularly and affect your ability to sleep or function, you may have a nightmare disorder. Sleep therapy, medications, and desensitization ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sleep disturbances, especially nightmares, are common among people who have attempted suicide, new study findings show. Sign up here. "To the best of our knowledge, this is ...

Dreams of flying? Nightmares of teeth falling out? Falling off a cliff? As a sleep scientist at the University of Montreal, Michelle Carr has... A sleep scientist on why we have nightmares Dreams of ...