New research now shows how dreams during REM sleep help the brain rethink problems and find creative solutions naturally.

The researchers have been studying various applications of trained lucid dreaming and TMR, including pairing it with therapy ...

Try your hand at these tricky visual puzzles and give your brain a boost!

On the flip side, sleep also may be used to supercharge your memories and improve your recall. “In part, while we are ...

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Like all of us, I am addicted to silly games on my smart phone. To justify the time, I imagine I play games that help me stay mentally sharp. One word game had me beat. The goal was to find every ...

Neuroscientists have discovered how the brain distinguishes between visual motion occurring in the external world from that caused by the observer moving through it. Known as the "motion-source ...

New research suggests intelligence arises not from a single brain region, but from how networks across the brain work together as an integrated system. Neuroscientists often describe the brain as a ...