Interesting Facts on Why do we dream?

Some Interesting Facts on Why do we dream?

Why do we Dream?

Do you ever had a question that why do we dream?

Then, here is the answer for the above question.

Scientists still don’t know for sure why we dream, but evidence from a variety of sources suggests that dreams are involved in

1. Integrating new experiences with established memories to make sense of and create a virtual reality model of the world (Hobson, 2009; Stickgold, James, & Hobson, 2002);

2. Learning new strategies and ways of doing things, like swinging a golf club (Walker et al., 2002);

3. Processing emotional memories (Maquet & Franck, 1997);

4. Simulating threatening events so we can better cope with them in everyday life (Revonsuo, 2000);

5. Reorganizing and consolidating memories (Crick & Mitchison, 1983, Diekelmann & Born, 2010).

Still, the function of dreams remains a puzzle because research evidence concerning the role of learning and memory in dreams is mixed.