Creative problem-solving after experimentally provoking dreams of unsolved puzzles during REM sleep.

Neurosci Conscious · 2026 · PMC12875123 · PMID 41659884

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There was a nonsignificant trend for a greater solving rate for puzzles that were incorporated into dreams than for puzzles that were not ( X 2 (1) = 3.61, p = .057), potentially because including the interaction with cueing reduced power for detecting effects of dreaming.

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