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The Bird That Sings In It's Dream
- When a songbird sings, a particular pattern shows up in it's brain activity.
- This exact same pattern can be found when a bird is sleeping, hence suggesting that it dreams of singing in it's sleep.
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The Rat's Nightmare
Rats that have been physically tortured have nightmares — evidenced by increased heart rates, breathing and the waking up right before they renter R.E.M sleep.
Interestingly, rats that have witnessed the torture of their fellow animals also tend to have bad dreams.
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It's just the brute fact that they dream that, in my view, has these pretty fundamental moral implications. It means that those animals have moral interests that we are obliged to take into consideration. And those can include their ...
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I often wonders what my dog dreams about when her legs are running in her sleep.
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How Memories are Formed
- Create a memory. Our brain sends signals in a particular pattern associated with the event we're experiencing and creates connections between our neurons, called synapses.
- Consolidate that memory. It's the process of committing something to long-term memory so we c...
We dream to remember
To increase the performance on some certain tasks, sleep is good, but dreaming while sleeping is better.
In 2010, researchers found that subjects where up to 10 times better in getting through a complex 3D maze if they napped and dreamed about the maze prior to their second attempt. So...
How Scientists Study Brain Activity
- Scientists study activity in the brain with a tool called electroencephalography ( EEG), that measures electrical signals coming from neurons.
- The brain is not turned off while you sleep - there is a lot of activity going on, even if you’re not aware of it. You cycle through four d...
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