For many years, the idea that “sleeping on it” would provide an individual with some time in which their subconscious mind ...

There are two very different traditions about the value of sleep in productivity. Thomas Edison (1847-1931), whose lifetime of inventions changed the world, believed that sleep was an idle activity ...

New research from Northwestern University suggests that dreams may play a more active role in creative problem-solving than previously demonstrated.

Dopamine is another ingredient in the brain’s secret creative sauce. Harvard psychologist Shelley Carson points out that dopamine levels rise in pleasure centers of the brain both when we’re dreaming ...

Dreams appear to allow the brain to break free creatively in ways the conscious mind can not In A Nutshell Researchers successfully steered people’s dreams toward specific unsolved puzzles by playing ...

In our competitive society, some consider it a badge of honor to get only four or five hours of sleep a night, or pull all-nighters in the service of work. And forget naps. But sleep may have more ...

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards said the riff in ‘‘(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'' came to him in his sleep, while the 19th-century chemist Dmitri Mendeleev literally dreamed up the periodic ...

Living a more creative life can enhance your work, your art, and your overall well-being. It can also foster hope, community, and self-confidence. Whether you want to pursue writing, learn a new ...

Neuroscientists studying the shifts between sleep and awareness are finding many liminal states, which could help explain the disorders that can result when sleep transitions go wrong Yasemin ...

In fact, sleep affects every major system in our body, and most importantly, it repairs the systems that are damaged when we're awake. A while ago, my doctor told me that in order to maintain your ...