Dreams and Nightmares

Olfactory stimuli may influence dreams

What you smell as you sleep has the power to influence your dreams, says new research presented at the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting %26amp; OTO EXPO in Chicago, IL. German researchers used specific volatile odorants with a negative or a positive smell (“rotten eggs” versus [...]

Dream Experts Examines Why We Have Nightmares

ennifer Parker, a dreams expert from the University of the West of England, will shed light on some of the mysteries surrounding what makes us have nightmares and reoccurring themes in nightmares at a talk at the Dana Centre at the Science Museum in London on Wednesday 31 October. Jennifer is currently finalising her thesis [...]