1. Dream, Dream, Dream
Why do we dream?

2. Quick Hits What are the stages of sleep called?
What occurs during REM sleep?
In what stage can sleep walking occur?
In what stage do delta waves occur?
In what stage does the falling sensation occur?

3. Dreams…
“The children were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads”
‘Twas the night before Christmas’
Dreams are an important part of sleep…but why?

4. Facts on Dreams 1/3 of your life is spent sleeping
Throughout your life you will spend 6 years of it dreaming
The Roman Senate would interpret dreams that were submitted
Lack of dreams means a protein deficiency or personality disorders

5. Those that are blind dream
Five minutes after the end of the dream, half the content is forgotten. After ten minutes, 90% is lost.

6. Why do we dream? There are three theories on why we dream…
Random thoughts
File information
Help solve problems

7. Random Thoughts
As we sleep, random thoughts fly through our brain, and the mind tries to make sense of those random thoughts, giving us a story line.

8. Filing Cabinet
Throughout the day the brain takes in a lot of information
In order to sort that information, dreams occur

9. Help Solve Problems
Some people believe that dreams help solve problems that we have throughout the day

10. Contemporary Approaches
Psychoanalytic- unconscious
motives and conflicts determines
human behavior, feelings, and
thoughts
Sigmund Freud ( )
Dream Analysis
Linked everything to sex!
Free Association- say anything that comes to mind.

12. Freud’s Theory on Dreams
Freud believes that your Id is released in your dreams and therefore have meaning
Your Id must be released in your dream so you do not act it out in real life

13. Manifest Content- Story line of your dreams.
Latent Content- Underlying meaning of a dream.

14. Lucid Dream A dream in which one is aware that one is dreaming.
The dreamer may be able to exert some degree of control over their participation within the dream or be able to manipulate their imaginary experiences in the dream environment.
Brain Stuff
Shown that lucid dreamers can experience frequencies of HZ
Increased amount of activity in the parietal lobes making lucid dreaming a conscious process.

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