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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: thedoc on 28/07/2013 20:30:01

Title: What is happening in the brain when we have a bad dream?
Post by: thedoc on 28/07/2013 20:30:01
elisa weiss  asked the Naked Scientists:
   
Hi Chris! Love the show (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/).

I was wondering if you can tell me what's going on in the brain when we dream? What makes us have bad dreams? What causes nightmares? Is there a difference between them? Do dreams really have any meaning?

Thanks!
Elisa W.
New York


What do you think?