Dreaming
AF
If you hear about dreaming, I guess that the first thing that comes to your mind is dreams. The romantic, terrifying, funny, bizarre, etc. stories you dreamed about last night. These unbelievable stories or images are created by our minds while we sleep. We don't have to remember that we were dreaming but sources say we dream between 3 and 6 times per night. It is thought that one dream lasts between 5-20 minutes but it can be just a few seconds. Another fact is that almost 95% of dreams we forget when we get up from bed. Dreaming can help you learn and develop long-term memories.
Why do we dream? There are several theories on this question. Some explanations which can pass are:
The dream represents unconscious desires and wishes.
It is interpreting random signals from the brain and body during our sleep.
It is consolidating and processes information that we gathered during the day.
It can also work as a biological form of psychotherapy.
From the evidence and new research methodologies, we can speculate that dreaming serves the following functions: offline memory reprocessing, preparing for possible future threads, cognitive simulation of real-life experiences or it can also help with developing cognitive capabilities, etc. It reminds us that we don't know a lot of things about dreams. They are by nature difficult to study in a laboratory, but technology and new research techniques may help improve our understanding of dreams.
corrected by S.T.
