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off. (http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/dreams.html). According to (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dream), dreams are “Successions of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that occur usually involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep”…

(Page 72). In contrast, Sigmund Freud believes that dreams are obviously basic while others are symbolic. A theory known as Random activation theory, or RAT, is based on the idea that the brain has serious work to do at night, especially during REM sleep. It is here that the brain accumulates information and projects that information as dreams. These separate ideas enhance Gottschall’s theory that one universal explanation does not exist. This can be seen throughout the various cultures around…

of Psychology. Psychology is the scientific study of the human mind and its functions. Speaking of the human mind and its functions, dreams, what are they? Dreams are a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person’s mind during sleep. Dreams are very mysterious, they are the “royal road to… the unconscious,” a famed psychologist once said (Sigmund Freud). Still, what is the meaning behind dreams? Some believe that dreams have certain meanings, some believe that dreams are…

we have more than likely found ourselves wondering about the meaning of our dreams. Dreams have fascinated philosophers for thousands of years, and have been subjected to empirical research and scientific studies. Scientists have been performing sleep and dream studies for decades now. Dreams can be extremely vivid or very vague; filled with joyful emotions or scary imagery; focused and understandable or unclear and rather confusing (Cherry). Dreams are so fascinating because of the level of…

How important is your sleep to you? If you respond that you do not believe that it is, you might want to reconsider your response. Sleep is not only important to you mentally, but it can affect your health and learning. Your sleep cycle is divided up into four stages which include; light sleep, sleep spindles, and delta waves. Each of these stages are equally important and each serve a specific purpose for your body and mind. The first R&K stage of sleep is known as light sleep. Categorized as…

consequence of ventral brainstem damage as a result of vascular or traumatic lesions disconnecting corticospinal and corticobulbar tracts bilaterally” (Pistoia et al., 2016, p. 32). Locked-in syndrome causes complete paralysis with the exception of eye movement, however the patient is completely conscious and aware of surroundings (Pistoia et al., 2016). According to Pistoia et al., (2016), due to the disconnection of the cortex and spinal cord in…

Although the flytrap cannot literally consumer a full human body, I took artistic liberty in exaggerating the flytraps size in order to capture the viewer’s eye and interest the viewer in the flytrap’s actual abilities. I also drew a glow around the flytrap to highlight its abilities to draw in prey. Throughout this sketch, I felt as though I was creating an equal medium between my two original ideas, so I…

The Venus flytrap is a plant native to wetlands on the East Coast of the United States in North Carolina and South Carolina. The scientific name for the Venus Fly Trap is Dionaea Muscipula. It’s one of the most fascinating plants to have ever existed due to its omnivorous nature. Darwin noted, “‘I care more for Drosera than the origin of species ... it is a wonderful plant, or rather a most sagacious animal. I will stick up for Drosera to the day of my death.” The Venus flytrap reproduces by…

As many know, a Venus flytrap (or Dionaea muscipula seed) achieves its energy not only through photosynthesis, but through devouring its prey (dragon flies, mosquitoes, etc.). The Venus flytrap’s “mouth” (trapping mechanism) is very rough and is always green. This part of the organism’s body is also covered with a fragrant nectar that attracts its prey towards it. When the prey reaches the Venus flytrap, it begins to feed off of the nectar. Once touching its leaf, the prey sets off a twenty…

Since China’s rise was a remarkable affair and dragging all the international attentions, its rise has been discussed widely from Europe to United States. And China was self-aware that its rising power has been discussed whether threat or not; Chinese thinkers were afraid of the coalition of the other countries against the rise. Hence, China fostered and proceed out some special strategies that were abnormal. In the book, “What Does China Think? By Mark Leonard,” is discussing about how China…