News tagged with dreaming

Dream symbols could help in psychotherapy

(Medical Xpress)—Dream images could provide insights into people's mental health problems and may help with their treatment, according to a psychology researcher from the University of Adelaide.

Psychology & Psychiatry Nov 08, 2012 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

Taking terror out of nightmares: Tips for parents

(HealthDay)—Nightmares are common in children and upsetting for both youngsters and parents, but there are some things you can do to manage and prevent them, an expert says.

Health Oct 14, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Researchers devise a way to manipulate a rat's dreams

(Medical Xpress)—Cognitive scientists working at MIT have devised a means for not only altering the dreams of rats, but of demonstrating a way of testing what they've achieved, offering evidence that it can ...

Neuroscience Sep 06, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0 |

Fantasizing about your dream vacation could lead to poor decision-making

Summer vacation time is upon us. If you have been saving up for your dream vacation for years, you may want to make sure your dream spot is still the best place to go. A new study has found that when we fantasize about such ...

Psychology & Psychiatry May 31, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Mass participation dream experiment launches

Is it possible to influence people as they sleep and give them their perfect dream? Today sees the launch of a new study that uses a specially designed iPhone app in an attempt to improve the dreams of millions ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Apr 12, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Double duty

When Collin Stultz was 4 years old, his Jamaican parents moved their family to Brooklyn, N.Y., in search of a better life. The Stultzes wanted their children to achieve the American dream — which, to ...

Medical research Dec 02, 2011 | 5 / 5 (3) | 2 |

Brain imaging study: A step toward true 'dream reading'

When people dream that they are performing a particular action, a portion of the brain involved in the planning and execution of movement lights up with activity. The finding, made by scanning the brains of ...

Neuroscience Oct 27, 2011 | 5 / 5 (6) | 9 |

Patients in a minimally conscious state remain capable of dreaming during their sleep

The question of sleep in patients with seriously altered states of consciousness has rarely been studied. Do ‘vegetative' patients (now also called patients in a state of unresponsive wakefulness) or ...

Neuroscience Aug 16, 2011 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1