Why do we dream

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Sources: https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/91536-dreams https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/why-do-we-dream.htm https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/dream.htm

NB:Dreaming studies are inconclusive and studies are still being conducted

Why do we dream?

Factors that contribute in what we dream

Thoughts throughout the day like scientists who sometimes dream of answers and solutions.

Traumatic events as shootings or falling from high places.

What we do in our day as a game we play or work we have.

Emotions throughout the day as stress or happiness or sadness

Does everybody dream? Scientists have proven that everybody dreams although the frequency of dreams vary

What affects us remembering our dreams vividly? After the dream occurs by two hours it is most likely the person would forget the dream.

Definition: A series of thoughts Images and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.

The previous experiments done

Matt Wilson has experimented on rats by listening to there brain chatter.

Robert Stickgold who has studied dreams and published a paper about it by using Tetris in his experiment.

What is it called when you study dreams? It is called the study of Oneirology

Which Organ is Responsible? The brain is believed to be the main contributor to dreams.