Articles for tag: collective experiences, Consciousness, Neurology, shared dreams, Sleep research

The Shared-Dream Reports That Are Stumping Neurologists

The Shared-Dream Reports That Are Stumping Neurologists

Jan Otte

Picture yourself waking up from a vivid dream, only to discover that someone else experienced the exact same narrative down to the smallest details. This isn’t the plot of a science fiction movie. Various reported mutual dream narratives have been analyzed, suggesting that shared dreaming might be more than just an urban legend. Throughout history, ...

a woman sleeping on a bed with a blue blanket

Why Some People Need Less Sleep Than Others

Suhail Ahmed

Every friend group has one: the person who swears they feel fantastic on five hours of sleep and still beats you to the sunrise. It sounds unfair, even suspicious, until you look under the hood of biology. For years, scientists framed sleep need as a one-size-fits-most rule, and for the vast majority that’s right. But ...