The Upside of Nightmares
•Bad dreams stay with you long after they happen
•They are overwhelming, become more frequent, and can be out of control during periods of stress
•When nightmares happen the dreamer is woken up before the brain's stimulation scenario is done
•Positive interactions in dreams strengthen your personal relationships
•Nightmares may serve an evolutionary function that makes your brain reenact bad events
•Rapid eye movement sleep is when dreams are most vivid
•It can be showed by scalp measured brain activity
Science in our World: Certainty and Controversy
•Dreams are forms of thinking where there isn't activity in your brain
•They can serve as a guide to emotion
•Dreams can affect:
-behavior
-mood
How Dreams are Shown through Brain Activity
•EEG is able to measure your brain waves during sleep
•Your brain activity increases and decreases while sleeping
•In your first hour of sleep your brain waves slow down and your eyes and muscles relax
•Your brain waves are slow but then suddenly go faster
•You alternate between slow and fast sections of times
This is a video with a MRI of the brain while dreaming.
References
Carr, M. (2016). The upside of nightmares. New Scientist, 230(3071), 36.
The nerve blog. (n.d.). Retrieved April 16, 2017
SiOWfa15: Science in Our World: Certainty and Controversy. (n.d.). Retrieved April 16, 2017
C. (2010, July 20). Retrieved April 18, 2017
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