Lucid dreamers who heard puzzle-linked soundtracks while sleeping were more likely to solve those unsolved problems the next ...

People who had trouble solving problems were more likely to solve them when prompted in their sleep.

A UBC study finds raccoons solve puzzles even without food rewards, suggesting they are driven by curiosity and ...

Some people dreamed of puzzles, some didn’t, some were lucid, some were not. Interpreting the data proved tricky, but one ...

A recent study published in Neuroscience of Consciousness provides evidence that dreaming about a specific problem helps people find solutions. Researchers used sound cues during sleep to successfully ...

Raccoons Don’t Just Scavenge. They Study. In A Nutshell Raccoons continued solving puzzle box openings even after their food reward was gone, suggesting they explore for the sake of learning, not just ...

A new study has documented the abilities of individual wild Asian elephants to access food by solving puzzles that unlocked storage boxes. It is the first research study to show that individual wild ...

What would you do to go to the edge of space? Ordinarily, you’d have to train for decades in the high-streamed programs run by space agencies like NASA or ESA, the European Space Agency. But there’s ...

Recent studies show that the less likely someone is to use procedural solutions, the better they tend to be at more abstract problem-solving—and gender is a significant predictor. In a new study, ...

Humans have devised many ways to keep raccoons at bay: trash cans with tension straps, securely closed food boxes, or clever ...

They kept problem-solving even when there was no marshmallow at the end.” ...