An often overlooked finding of modern dream research is that dreams are generally forgotten. The human brain cycles through four or five phases of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep during an average ...

In a recent talk in Zurich, German psychoanalyst Konstantin Roessler surveyed the current state of dream research. Tracing some of the earlier scientific studies on dreams, he made a renewed case for ...

There’s a nightmare I have that exists in my head almost as long as my earliest memories. My family and I are on our annual camping trip in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. We are hiking and we get ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...