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A red door with a gold doorknob is floating in the middle of a blue sky surrounded by white clouds.
Neuropsych
What the stages of sleep reveal about consciousness
"Ordinary dreams are, perhaps, the clearest articulation of what it is like to be."
Rachel Barr
An illustration of a hand with mechanical fingers and wires, symbolizing the inception of dreams in the integration of technology with the human body.
Neuropsych
Does dream inception work?
One MIT-trained poet spent nine months trying to find out.
Kristen French
A group of people sleeping on a train.
Neuropsych
You can respond to verbal instructions in your sleep
Lucid dreamers may have “privileged access to their inner world,” with “heightened awareness... to the outside world.”
Mo Costandi
A surreal painting shows a large distorted human face with closed eyes, supported by sticks, floating above a calm landscape with a boat and building in the background.
4mins
The Well
The evolutionary significance of dreaming
Ancient societies revered dreams. Modern science tells us why.
Patrick McNamara
a blurry image of a man standing in front of a blue background.
Neuropsych
The creative sweet spot of dreaming
A recently identified stage of sleep common to narcoleptics is a fertile source of creativity.
Kristen French
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