Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lindsay Kohler is a behavioral scientist and future of work expert. Not getting proper sleep can impair your ability to work.

Picture this: You’re flying through the clouds, swimming with dolphins, or strolling through a beach at sunset—all of it happening while you’re sound asleep. Now, imagine being fully aware of all of ...

Psychologist Westley Youngren explains why we dream, why nightmares are so important to study, and lucid dreaming is overrated.

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Most of us have them at one time or another — dreams about work, either because our jobs have so monopolized our time and attention that we can't even forget them when we're asleep or because we're ...

I awoke this morning from a disturbing dream. In the dream, I was…typing. Actually, I was cutting and pasting within a document in an effort to format it correctly for a blog post. I’m not kidding. I ...

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Our dreams often repeat the message our unconscious is trying to transmit. Even in one simple image of two friends at an amusement park, Isabelle's dream, described here, repeats the sensations of ...

Test your knowledge of how sleeping and dreaming work. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. We spend a large portion of our lives ...

Are you curious—and sometimes maybe a bit baffled—by your dreams? Do you wake up with fragments of a dream fresh in your mind and wonder: Why did I dream that? You’re not alone. Sleep scientists ...