Hearing a sound while working on a complex puzzle, and then hearing it again during sleep, helped lucid dreamers better ...

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

Could the same method one day power sleep-time ads? It's like the movie Inception, but without Leonardo DiCaprio, unless you imagine him. Researchers used carefully timed sound cues to nudge dream ...

A pair of Carnegie Mellon University researchers recently discovered hints that the process of compressing information can solve complex reasoning tasks without pre-training on a large number of ...

The next time you wake up with a solution that seemed impossible the night before, consider thanking your dreams. A new study ...

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 ...

Math puzzles test readers' critical thinking skills by challenging them to solve problems. Math puzzles can boost analytical ...

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

One brain teaser that's currently stumping people involves fixing the equation shown below by making a small adjustment. This fun challenge is a great way to test both your math skills and creative ...