The surprising science of dreams and nightmares – podcast

Ian Sample puts listeners' questions on dreams and nightmares to Dr Michelle Carr, director of the Dream Engineering Laboratory in Montreal's Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, and author of the new book Into the Dream Lab. They look at why we dream, what we can learn by examining our dreams, and what we can do when dreams turn to nightmares. Dr Carr gives her top tips for taking charge of our dreams and trying to influence their content

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