We've seen dream engineering in blockbuster movies like Christopher Nolan's Inception, and a new study shows that the science-fiction-style idea may be much closer to science fact than we realized. A ...

Hearing a sound while working on a complex puzzle, and then hearing it again during sleep, helped lucid dreamers better ...

For many years, the idea that “sleeping on it” would provide an individual with some time in which their subconscious mind would work through a problem or problems has generally been accepted as ...

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

Humans have long believed that dreams could be a source of creativity and a means to solving problems. It is often said that many famous ideas were inspired by dreams. Nevertheless, scientists have ...

A pair of Carnegie Mellon University researchers recently discovered hints that the process of compressing information can solve complex reasoning tasks without pre-training on a large number of ...

Got a problem? Science says you should sleep on it.

Math puzzles test readers' critical thinking skills by challenging them to solve problems. Math puzzles can boost analytical ...

Could the same method one day power sleep-time ads? It's like the movie Inception, but without Leonardo DiCaprio, unless you imagine him. Researchers used carefully timed sound cues to nudge dream ...

Overview: Strong knowledge of data structures and recognizing common patterns makes complex coding questions easier and faster to solve.Thinking out loud during ...

Individuals with strong attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms, related to inefficient cognitive executive function, may experience a surprising benefit: a natural inclination toward ...