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Dreams
Dreams are involuntary sequences of emotions and ideas occurring during sleep, lasting from a few seconds to 30 minutes, primarily during REM sleep. Various phenomena related to dreams include lucid dreaming, déjà vu, and nightmares, with notable inventions influenced by dreams, such as the periodic table and the DNA double helix. The document explores the nature of dreams and their impact on creativity and innovation.
Dreams
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- 2. WHAT IS IT? • Succession of emotions, ideas which occurs involuntarily during sleep • Oneirology • Few seconds to 20 or 30 minutes • Average person – 3 to 5/night
- 3. REASON ? • REM- Rapid Eye Movement • Brain - Prefrontal Cortex
- 4. OTHER ASSOCIATED PHENOMENA •Dream incorporation • Lucid dreaming
- 5. Contd., OTHER ASSOCIATED PHENOMENA •DAMT – Dreams of Absent Minded Transgression • Déjà vu • Day dreaming • Hallucination • Nightmare
- 6. FACTS… Inventions inspired bydreams: • Google – Larry page • Alternating Current generator – Tesla • DNA double helix form – James Watson • Periodic table – Dimitri Mendeleyev • The sewing machine – Elias Howe
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Editor's Notes
- #3 most dreams are immediately or quickly forgotten. Dreams tend to last longer as the night progresses
- #4 The region of the brain responsible for logic and planning, exhibits decreased activity during dreams. REM – 2 hrs. When brain activity is high and resembles that of being awake. REM sleep is revealed by continuous movements of the eyes during sleep.
- #5 Phone ring Dreamer knows they are dreaming; control over their actions DAMT - cigarette