To most, dreams are things that slip away when you re-emerge into the waking world, their remnants jumbled-up and only half-recalled. At their best, they are populated by pleasant recollections and surreal experiences. But at their worst, they can be traumatising and leave us feeling worse off than when we fell asleep.
So why do we dream at all? What makes a person more prone to nightmares? How do our bodies interface with our brains when we’re not awake? And how can we harness our sleeping minds to improve our waking lives?
In Into the Dream Lab, dream researcher Dr Michelle Carr unlocks the science behind the sleeping body, exploring the relationship between dreams and physical health, with a deep dive into the neuroscience behind some of the most interesting aspects of dreaming: nightmares, lucid dreams, and the cutting-edge field of dream engineering.
About the author
Michelle Carr is the Director of the Dream Engineering Laboratory at the University of Montreal and former President of the International Association for the Study of Dreams. Alongside her research and work as a Dream Engineer, she has published numerous scientific papers, a popular Psychology Today blog, and has written for New Scientist, Aeon, and Scientific American among others.
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