Dreams: What and Why?

Dreams are defined as mental activity associated with the rapid-eye-movement period of sleep. They are normally made up of a lot of visual images, scenes or thoughts expressed in terms of seeing rather than in those of the other senses or in words. Electroencephalograph readings, which measure the electrical activity of the brain, show that young adults dream for 1 1/2 to 2 hours for every 8-hour period of sleep. Babies spend about 50% of their sleep in the …

…not deal with actual events. The story is sometimes plausible and even ordinary, and it often contains the more central people and concerns of our lives, but it is still just a story. The subconscious part of the brain thinks just as the conscious does, but only surfaces when asleep or in hypnosis. Dreams may be just one part in the organization process of information in the brain, but, when concerning dreams, nobody really knows.