Eugene Aserinsky was a scientist who, together with Nathaniel Kleitman, discovered the rapid eye movement (REM) phase. In 1953, Aserinsky was working at the University of Chicago. His dissertation titled…
People think more deliberately in lucid dreams than in regular dreams. This was the conclusion reached by scientists from China and France, led by Tao Xia, who conducted an experiment…
The three witch sisters from Charmed usually fight demons and other evil creatures, but in Dream Sorcerer (series 1, episode 5), they are confronted by a mad scientist—Whitaker Berman, who…
One popular hypothesis regarding the nature of near-death experiences explains them as follows: at the moment of clinical death, bursts of brain activity occur, causing a person to experience vivid…
Polish researchers Wróbel-Knybel, Wołkowski, and Karakuła-Juchnowicz made another attempt to treat sleep paralysis—they tested a meditation-relaxation therapy on two patients. The course lasted eight weeks. The method’s creator—another well-known scientist…
