What's up with your nightmares?

Dreams of flying? Nightmares of teeth falling out? Falling off a cliff? As a sleep scientist at the University of Montreal, Michelle Carr (recherche.umontreal.ca/chercheur/is/in35846) has pretty much heard it all. In Michelle’s new book Nightmare Obscura (us.macmillan.com/books/9781250342720/nightmare…), she explores the science of dreams, nightmares – and even something called dream engineering, where people influence their own dreams while they sleep. Today on Short Wave, co-host Regina G. Barber (npr.org/people/1082526815/regina-g-barber) dives into the science of our sleeping life with Michelle Carr. (encore)

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