The word incubation and similar (from the Latin incubare, "to lie upon") may refer to:

• Avian incubation, sitting on or brooding bird's eggs in order to hatch them

• Dream incubation, practiced technique of learning to "plant a seed" in your mind for a specific dream topic to occur

• Incubation (psychology), the process of thinking about a problem subconsciously while being involved in other activities

• Incubators (apparatus)