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Scientists Have Found a Way to Hack Your Dreams and It Actually Works
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Sleeping to Create: How Science Begins to Use Dreams to Solve Problems A recent study by Northwestern University revealed that it is possible to partially influence the content of dreams to stimulate creativity and improve problem solving. The research was based on a method called selective memory reactivation, in which participants tried to solve riddles before sleeping and each challenge was associated with a specific sound. While sleeping, sc…
Scientists Have Found a Way to Hack Your Dreams and It Actually Works
A team at Northwestern University played sounds into the ears of sleeping volunteers during REM sleep, watched those volunteers respond from inside their dreams using pre-arranged physical signals, and then measured what happened when they woke up. The people whose dreams were successfully steered toward specific unsolved puzzles were twice as likely to solve those […] The post Scientists Have Found a Way to Hack Your Dreams and It Actually Work…
A new study conducted by neuroscientists at Northwestern University in the US has proven that it is possible to interfere with the mind and direct cognitive processes during sleep. The research shows that auditory stimuli given during REM sleep dramatically increase problem-solving skills. Enhancing creativity by controlling dreams is no longer a science fiction element but a testable reality in a laboratory setting. Highlights: Northwestern Un…
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