Rapid eye movement sleep

Why do we dream? This unanswered question has been puzzling the masses for thousands of years. But answering this question is easier said than done because to this day we are still unsure, in spite of this science working alongside psychology has been able to piece together several informative and fascinating documentations of why they think we dream. The history of dreams, modern man was not the first to develop the obsession for analyzing our dreams, dream interpretations go back several…

Though there are many things that I have learned after reading through 11 chapters of the textbook, the module that stands out to me the most is the 7th. Module 7 is about sleep and dreams and it’s actually quite fascinating to read about. It pretty much explained everything from the basic biology of sleeping all the way through how dreams have to do with personal life. There is a difference between sleeping and dreaming and you don’t need one to have the other. Dreaming while not sleeping is…

Sleep Paralysis and The Paranormal Sleep paralysis itself has been around for many centuries. However, with the development of cultures and more people sharing their experiences, sleep paralysis now has many theories relating to the paranormal surrounding it. This paper will explore various supernatural theories, including the paranormal and alien abductions, along with the lasting trauma people face after having a sleep paralysis episode. Sleep paralysis is known to be common during sleep.…

We sleep for about a third of our lives, babies for up to 20 hours a day, adolescents up to 12, even adults 7 to 8 hrs. We are finding out more and more about the structure of sleep. The most puzzling aspect of sleep is dreaming. Why does the brain generate images and action while we sleep, even when most of the brain’s activity decreases? You’re at a party and everyone seems to be having a good time except you, because they’re all talking in a foreign language. The person who is…

unimportant memories the brain collects during one’s daily activity. This helps the brain deposit “minor sensory details”, such as an unrecognizable face in a large crowd, and keep “major sensory details”, such as important information for a test. Sleep helps the brain get…

J. Allan Hobson and Robert McCarley were first created with this theory in 1977 (Cherry, 2017). The theory proposes that brain activation during REM sleep causes dreaming. The brain makes the neurons fire and the interpretations of the neurons are what causes the visual aspect of the dream and when the limbic system is added to the visual it brings emotion into the dream (Myers & DeWall, 2014). As a…

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…

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…