• Question: why do we dream?

    Asked by icecream19 to Andrea on 17 Mar 2014.
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      Andrea Hanvey answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      Hi

      When we go to sleep at night, we have sleep patterns that have studied by scientists. Rapid eye movement sleep (REMs) is when we are at our deepest sleep and also when we dream. There are a number of theories as to why we dream. It is commonly thought that it is the brain processing everything that’s been input during the day. another theory is that it’s the brain processing our emotions. So it’s not fully understood but it is very interesting!

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