The Science

Michael Schredl: how your days find their way into your nights

Schredl is a sleep researcher at the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim, Germany, and one of the most published scientists in the field. His studies suggest that emotionally significant waking experiences are more likely to show up in dreams than routine ones. He has also studied dream recall and found that simply paying attention to your dreams, for example by keeping a journal, tends to help you remember more of them.