While you're tucked up in bed, wrapped in a blanket, in the middle of the night a series of thoughts and emotions passes through your mind. You are entering the mysterious and fascinating world where the rules of reality don’t apply. Yes, you're right! It’s the dream! Dreams are a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep. I will be talking to you about why we dream, have nightmares, and the pros and cons of lucid dreaming.
Why do we dream? Well there are many theories to why we dream, but we can't quite figure out why we dream. Some scientists think that the reason we dream is because of random impulses, problem solving, to organize things or to cope with trauma. In 1977, two researchers brought forward …show more content…
It is characterized by quick, random movements of the eyes and paralysis of the muscles. So back to the researchers being able to track our regular REM cycles. They used the data that they acquired to conclude that dreaming is a freak physiological function. According to them, the reason we see images and hear sounds is the brain’s way of understanding noisy electrical signals, they believe that dreams are random and pointless. But are they? It is a common theory that the reason we may dream is to organize and declutter things in our brain. Every day you are bombarded with information, consciously and unconsciously. The modern dream theory suggests that it is a way to file away important information and get rid of meaningless information. Although if that were completely true then our entire day would be replayed to us during our REM sleep! The next theory that a number of scientists believe in is that dreams are for problem solving. this would explain why the phrase “sleeping on it” can provide a solution to the problem. Unfortunately there are
Why do we dream? Well there are many theories to why we dream, but we can't quite figure out why we dream. Some scientists think that the reason we dream is because of random impulses, problem solving, to organize things or to cope with trauma. In 1977, two researchers brought forward …show more content…
It is characterized by quick, random movements of the eyes and paralysis of the muscles. So back to the researchers being able to track our regular REM cycles. They used the data that they acquired to conclude that dreaming is a freak physiological function. According to them, the reason we see images and hear sounds is the brain’s way of understanding noisy electrical signals, they believe that dreams are random and pointless. But are they? It is a common theory that the reason we may dream is to organize and declutter things in our brain. Every day you are bombarded with information, consciously and unconsciously. The modern dream theory suggests that it is a way to file away important information and get rid of meaningless information. Although if that were completely true then our entire day would be replayed to us during our REM sleep! The next theory that a number of scientists believe in is that dreams are for problem solving. this would explain why the phrase “sleeping on it” can provide a solution to the problem. Unfortunately there are