8 Psychological Facts About Dreams

Dreams can be fascinating, scary, or just plain weird. Have you ever wondered what is the meaning of dreams, how do dreams work, or how lucid dreams work? Do you want to know more about some dream facts that you have never heard of?

Dreams are the images, thoughts, and sounds that go through our minds while we sleep, and there’s actually a lot more to them than you may think! Psych2Go presents to you 8 Psychological Facts About Dreams!

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Citations:

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“Observing the Damaged Brain for Clues about Dreaming.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sleep-newzzz/201506/observing-the-damaged-brain-clues-about-dreaming.

Office, News. “Animals Have Complex Dreams, MIT Researcher Proves.” MIT News, 24 Jan. 2001, http://news.mit.edu/2001/dreaming.

SHFAustralia. “Facts About Dreaming.” The Sleep Health Foundation, https://www.sleephealthfoundation.org.au/facts-about-dreaming.html.

Stibich, Mark. “Why Do People Dream During the REM Stage of Sleep?” Verywell Mind, Verywell Mind, 14 Oct. 2019, https://www.verywellmind.com/understanding-dreams-2224258.

“Understanding Sleep Cycles.” Sleep.org, https://www.sleep.org/articles/what-happens-during-sleep/.

Walker, Matthew, et al. “Why Your Brain Needs to Dream.” Greater Good, https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_your_brain_needs_to_dream.