Headband can put an end to nightmares

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Scientists believe wearing a special headband “can help eliminate recurring nightmares”, reported The Times. The gadget recognises when a person is dreaming and intervenes to change their emotions. In a study, the headband decreased the frequency of bad dreams among people who were badly affected by them by more than 90%. “We observed a fast decrease of nightmares, together with dreams becoming emotionally more positive,” said Lampros Perogamvros, a psychiatrist at the Sleep Laboratory of the Geneva University Hospitals.

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