Dreams

What are nocturnal Dreams?

• The images, sounds and sensations created by your brain while you are awake.

• The results of overwhelming brain activities that took a place during the day.

• A collection of images, ideas, sounds, sensations and emotions that occurs while sleeping, without the direct involvement of the person.

• The results of our brain transferring memories from the left hemisphere to the right hemisphere.

Answer explanation

The Dreams could be considered as an action that occurs involuntarily, as we cannot force our mind to present us with a dream. And, though there's a connection between being tired, and seeing and remembering dreams, it cannot be considered as the reason behind dreaming. Also, the images, sounds and sensations created by you voluntarily, are known as daydreams and though they expresses creativity, they lack spontaneous nature of nocturnal dreams that make them special.

How many hours do an average person dreams per day?

• Around 20 minutes

• Around 2 hours

• Around 5 - 20 minutes

• Around 4 hours

Answer explanation

An average person sleeps around 8 hours a day, wihile spending 2 hours dreaming. A dream lasts around 5 - 20 minutes. Interestingly, a human spend 25 years sleeping and 6 years dreaming in their lifetime.

.................. Sleep is the state where the breathing and the movements of the eye becomes rapid, shallow and irregular. This is also the state where we see dreams.

Answer explanation

If a person was awaken from the REM sleep, they might tell weird and illogical stories, that are also known as Dreams. This also means that this the last stage of a sleep cycles, before it starts again.

Which percentage of Dreams are forgotten after waking up?

• 25%

• 50%

• 85%

• 95%

Answer explanation

Normally, during REM sleepthe brain isn't actively working on creating long-term memories, and also we aren't usually not attentive enough to our dreams. Chemicals like norepinephrine, which are important for memory formation, don't present in your brain as much as they do when you're awake. After all, many dreams are bizarre and that's why we don't remember our dreams.

Which of the animals that are proven to have dreams?

• Dogs

• Dophines

• Elephants

• All of the above.

Answer explanation

The fact whether an animal dreams or not depends on whether they have REM sleep. Surprisingly, many mammals, birds like parrots and crows, reptiles like bearded dragons, rodents and even octopuses show signs of REM sleep.

It's possible to read or accurately tell the time in dreams.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

It's impossible because of several reasons such as the prefrontal cortex, which can understand sequences like time, of our brain being inactive. As drenas are not linear and the sense of logic of dreams are different from the reality, while dreams have no way of reminding ourselves of the time like in the real world, it's impossible to tell time in dreams, which shows how much of a potential our brain has.

What's the common feature of reoccurring dreams?

• They relate to unsolved issues in the real world.

• The are always pleasant.

• Tjey are always the same.

• They always happen in midnight.

Answer explanation

Reoccurring dreams are mostly about unresolved emotions, ongoing stress, or problems that we haven’t solved in our waking lives. This is our brain replaying these dreams to prompt us to confront or deal with the issue.

Which famous scientist reportedly came up with a major scientific theory after a dream?

• Albert Einstein

• Nikola Tesla

• Dmitri Mendeleev

• Isaac Newton

Answer explanation

Through a process called idea incubation, Dmitri was able to come up with the idea of the periodic table. He later recalled, “I saw in a dream, a table, where all the elements fell into place as required. Awakening, I immediately wrote it down on a piece of paper.”. Interestingly, only one correction was needed, and that was the birth of it.

Nightmares are more common in children than adults.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Children who spend more time in REM sleep than adults see nightmares mainly because of imagination and fear, which are highly active in their early years. As their brain is also developing fast and they don't have the experience to regulate the above emotions, they are much more likely to see Nightmares.

According to scientists, which of the following helps improve dream recall?

• Drinking water before bed

• Keeping a dream journal

• Sleeping with a nightlight

• Going to bed later than usual

Answer explanation

Recording your dreams in a journal makes it easier to remember them. Writing them down helps train your brain to focus on dreams, and it strengthens the memory connections to hold onto dream details. Over time, this can make dream recall more natural.