Questions tagged [dreaming]
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Is there a link between digestion and nightmares?
A common belief is that eating too much before going to sleep can cause to have nightmares. In fact, I often experience it: I systematically have nightmares after eating too much in the evening.
Then I was wondering: is there really a link between…
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Are there any effects of elevated Cysteine levels on cognitive function?
I'm looking at this diagram of homocysteine metabolism and see two distinct pathways that the amino acid may get metabolized to: with vitamin B12 it gets converted back into methionine, while with B6 it gets converted to cysteine.
I've followed the…
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What are dreams, biologically?
Falling asleep or states of subconsciousness does not stop the mind from making its own fictional images. These seem like sensations just like those received from human eyes. But, how do we define these visual sensations biologically?
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What is the timing of information assimilation within a human brain?
A little background: I'm an avid dreamer and have great dream recall, sometimes up to 5-7 per night.
In my experience, I can sometimes trace some elements of the dream to an event that occured within a 1-3 day window prior to the dream.
I've done…
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Why do we dream while sleeping?
Is there any specific reason behind why we dream? Why do we sometimes get weird and unusual dreams? Sometimes we can't even recall what we dreamt of. Why does this happen?
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What is the mechanism by which Melatonin increases dream vividness and intensity in humans?
I'm looking at the wikipedia article on Melatonin and noticed that it mentions vivid dreaming caused by melatonin. I have the "Melatonin and the Biological clock" pamphlet referenced in the article, and it does not go into too much detail of how…
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Do invertebrates dream?
From Wikipedia:
Studies have observed dreaming in mammals such as monkeys, dogs, cats,
rats, elephants and shrews. There have also been signs of dreaming in
birds and reptiles.
Have there been such signs in any invertebrate species?
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Do people who have been blind all their lives dream?
Do the people who have been blind all their lives dream and do they experience or report "imagery" in the dreams?
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The least complex animals with ability to dream
People can dream, dogs can dream, cats probably too when they are sleeping.
What about other creatures?
Can a bird dream?
Do rats have dreams?
Are there any studies about that kind of thing? What is the most simple organism that have brain…
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Do animals also dream?
By "dream", I mean:
Dreaming while sleeping.
Dreaming about their future life while being awake.
Thank you in advance.
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Do the eyes play any role in producing the visual experiences you have during dreaming?
Sometimes, you remember a vivid picture of a dream that you saw. What is the role of your eye in this experience? Please provide me with the answer that is as simple as possible since I am in Class 10(Grade 10).
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Why are dreams sometimes remembered and sometimes forgotten?
Why is it that sometimes, when we wake up, we are able to remember what we were just dreaming, but sometimes we don't remember any of it?
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What is the function of dreaming? Does a particular hormone secretion interfere with dreaming? Why do some people dream more?
I'm really interested to know when we are sleeping how a series of stories come to our mind that we called this process dreaming. If you know a useful article on this topic, please tell me thanks.
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Does dreaming have any physiological impact on our body?
Personally speaking, when I wake up after a really good dream, I feel really happy, similar to how I would feel if something good has happened in reality. This makes me wonder if we are actually going through stress when we are having a nightmare.…
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Is perceived time compressed or expanded while dreaming? (or does it match reality)
I often dream long extended dreams. Sometimes I wonder if the timeline of the story of my dream occurs compressed, in a moment, or other times extended slowly over a long duration.
Is there any way to scientifically detect this, and how would it…
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