• Question: why do we dream?

    Asked by boxy532army68 to Becca, Jasna, Emma W, alexswainson, Kali on 22 Mar 2026. This question was also asked by zain.
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      Jasna Martinovic answered on 22 Mar 2026:

      Dreams appear during the stage of sleep responsible for memory consolidation. Emotion centres of the brain are also highly active during dreaming. It is not something that I am an expert in and it will be fascinating to see how our scientific understanding will increase in the future, as while we have a general understanding what happens in the brain during dreaming, the exact mechanisms that drive these processes could be understood much more precisely.

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