Dreams appear to allow the brain to break free creatively in ways the conscious mind can not In A Nutshell Researchers successfully steered people’s dreams toward specific unsolved puzzles by playing ...

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 ...

NPR's Short Wave talks about babies' perceptions of rhythm, how sleep may help us solve puzzles and why snakes may be able to fast so long.

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

We've all heard the best approach to solve a problem is to "sleep on it." It turns out there may be more truth to this adage ...

Problem-solving is an essential life skill that involves identifying, analyzing, and resolving challenges effectively. Have you ever found yourself staring at a problem, feeling like you’re trying to ...

Ahead of Valentine’s Day, Robinson unveiled a new set of equations that translate romantic phrases and symbols into mathematics. To create them, he drew on disciplines ranging from trigonometry and ...