Got a problem? Science says you should sleep on it.

Sleeping on a problem might be more powerful than we ever imagined. Neuroscientists at Northwestern University have shown that dreams can actually be nudged in specific directions — and those dream ...

Humans have long believed that dreams could be a source of creativity and a means to solving problems. It is often said that many famous ideas were in.

Rare disease drug developers struggle to survive in a biopharma investment market that prioritizes large patient populations.

Problem-solving is a fundamental life skill that empowers individuals to navigate challenges, make decisions, and create ...

From carving nocturnal visions on clay tablets to now journalling on paper and through apps, we have long been fascinated by ...

A 2020 report in Science Daily summarized the preceding research, noting that “caffeine increases the ability to focus and problem solve, but it doesn’t stimulate creativity. In addition to the ...

It’s a breakthrough in the field of random walks.

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 ...

Whether we identify a problem that inspires us or are given a problem to solve, how creative our work on it will be depends on how we think about it. What aspects of the problem can we focus on? How ...

A small study hints that you can "trigger" memories of specific puzzles while a person dreams and that the dreamer may be more likely to solve the puzzle the next day.