Using Sleep as a Tool for Creativity

Yes, it sounds crazy. And it would be a definite reason to seek psychiatric treatment under certain circumstances. But here, its effects appear completely normal biologically and psychologically.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Overwhelming evidence shows adequate sleep is essential for optimal productiveness and creativity

• Dreaming, which occurs during the rapid eye movement (REM) sleep cycle, promotes creativity and creative problem-solving. At this time, new information is integrated into older data and novel connections between the old and the new are built…