Into the Dream Lab - The New Science of Dreams and Nightmares

The science of dreams and nightmares - and their astonishing impact on our waking lives. Dreams slip away when we wake, their remnants jumbled and only half-recalled. Some leave behind surreal sensations or bursts of creativity. Others leave us shaken. But why do we dream at all? How do our bodies interface with our brains while we sleep? Why do some dreams go bad? And how can we harness our sleeping minds to improve our waking lives? Pioneering researcher in sleep medicine Dr Michelle Carr unlocks the science behind the sleeping body. Drawing on her expertise in nightmares, lucid dreaming and the cutting-edge field of dream engineering, she reveals how we can revolutionise our sleeping - and waking - health.

About the author

Dr Michelle Carr is the director of the Dream Engineering Laboratory in the Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine and assistant professor at the University of Montreal. Alongside her research, she has published numerous scientific papers and has written for New Scientist, Aeon and Scientific American, among others.

Product details

• Authors: Michelle Carr
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 09.07.2026
• EAN: 9781805220299
• ISBN: 978-1-80522-029-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; popular science, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Dreams, SCIENCE / General, SELF-HELP / Dreams, Sleep disorders & therapy, HEALTH & FITNESS / Sleep, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Dreams and their interpretation, Sleep disorders and therapy, MEDICAL / Sleep Medicine, Dreams & Their Interpretation, Coping with / advice about sleep problems