Brains in Dreamland

Scientists hope to raise the neural curtain on sleep's virtual theater

After his father’s death in 1896, Viennese neurologist Sigmund Freud made a momentous career change. He decided to study the mind instead of the brain.

Frida Kahlo, “The Dream.” All images appeared in the international art exhibition “Dreams 1900?2000: Science, Art, and the Unconscious Mind.” Collection of Selma Ertegün, New York
Jonathan Borofsky, “I Dreamed I Could Fly #4 at 2,515,523” Collection of Lewis and Susan Manilow, Chicago.