• Question: What is dreaming/

    Asked by Kiwi to Lisa, Joe, Jos, Kate, Pierre on 17 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by Ishan, Sommer93, Ron Weasely.
    • Photo: Lisa Simmons

      Lisa Simmons answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      There are loads of theories about why we dream, and whether they serve a purpose or not. Some neuroscientists believe that there are electrical impulses being exchanged between the parts of the brain responsible for visual and audio activity, and that dreams are a multi sensory hallucination. The purpose of dreams is a debate for both neuroscientist and psychologists, I had a quick look on the web and there are quite a few interesting articles.

      I liked this one
      http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-dreaming-and-what-does-it-tell-us-about-memory-excerpt/

    • Photo: Kate Dobson

      Kate Dobson answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      I have no idea, but the article Lisa posted is very interesting.

    • Photo: Joe Reed

      Joe Reed answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      My old teacher used to say it was the brains way of organising things its learnt or seen.
      Whatever it is, it’s cool, especially when you can control it.

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