Alcohol can have a significant impact on sleep and sleeping patterns. Under the influence of alcohol, the quantity of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep decreases and Stage 4 sleep inc...
Adaptive theory speculates that species-wide sleep patterns developed as a way of adapting to the environment. Grazing animals, for example, sleep relatively few hours a day in sho...
A dream can be about a current situation, a persistent past concern, an emerging future issue—or a combination of these. For example, a dream may deal with anxiety regarding a ne...
Carl Jung believed that the unconscious could be revealed through dreams, premonitions, or synchronistic experiences. These revelations often offer insights into an individual's li...