Share on Pinterest What explains rapid eye movements during sleep? Researchers may be getting closer to an answer. Image credit: Alexandr Ivanets/Stocksy. When animals change their head direction as ...

Do your eyes play a role in where you look in your dreams? PM Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images Does rapid eye movement during sleep reveal where you’re looking at in the scenery of dreams, or are ...

Have you ever wondered what animals dream about? When mice slumber, their rapid eye movements reflect the imagined movements of their heads in their dreams. If the same is true for humans, researchers ...

The realm of dreams has been the subject of interest and speculation since before recorded history. We have crafted all manner of stories and explanations in an effort to understand what happens ...

Does rapid eye movement during sleep reveal where you’re looking in the scenery of dreams, or are they simply the result of random jerks of our eye muscles? Since the discovery of REM sleep in the ...

The characteristic eye movements that give rapid eye movement (REM) sleep its name represent gaze shifts in the dream world of sleeping mice, according to a new study. The findings reveal an ...

When our eyes move during REM sleep, we’re gazing at things in the dream world our brains have created, according to a new study by researchers at UC San Francisco. The findings shed light not only ...

REM sleep is a stage of sleep when your heart rate increases, your blood pressure elevates, and your brain processes emotions ...

Jumping spiders appear to move their eyes during sleep, similar to the way humans do during REM sleep — raising the question of whether spiders might dream as well. If you have ever seen a close-up ...

The rapid eye movements during a mouse's REM sleep provide more insight into the mechanism behind dreaming, a new study finds. It appears that animals can dream too. This especially happens during a ...