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

Not all dreams have become or stay nightmares. Many experts in neuroscience and psychology have concluded that dreams are essential for all of humanity. Dreams are needed for our mental, emotional and ...

Up to 50% of children between 3 and 6 years of age, and 20% between 6 and 12 years experience ‘frequent’ nightmares (American Psychiatric Association, 2000; Nielsen et al., 2000; Siegel, 2009). Fisher ...

“I was being pursued by frightful monsters. I was fleeing through an endless series of interconnecting rooms, always experiencing difficulty in opening the dividing doors and closing them behind me, ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A nightmare is a disturbing dream that can cause strong emotional responses, such as fear, anxiety and despair. For many, they're a common occurrence. So why do bad dreams lurk ...

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master is a 1988 American horror film that follows the remaining Dream Warriors from the previous film as they are once again haunted by Freddy Krueger, the ...

Emily, once a sound sleeper, found her nights plagued by vivid, distressing nightmares. These night terrors, triggered by newfound stressors and medication side effects, left her sleep-deprived and ...

Charles McPhee '85's life, at least until last June, could have been described as a dream come true. McPhee — who knew as a freshman that he wanted to write his senior thesis on dreams — managed to ...