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Why Do Dreams Feel So Real?

2021

The parts of the brain that are active when we learn and process information in the real world are also active while we dream and replay the material as we sleep. And so, a lot of the things we see, hear, and feel in real life show up in our dreams. Dreams help with processing our memories.

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Why Do We Dream?

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Why Do We Dream? - Amy Adkins

In the 3rd millennium BCE, Mesopotamian kings recorded and interpreted their dreams on wax tablets. In the years since, we haven't paused in our quest to understand why we dream. And while we still don’t have any definitive answers, we have some theories.

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Brain Health