Why do we dream?

<p>Whether or not we remember our dreams, we all have them. But the answer to why we dream is complicated.</p><p>There's a lot going on in our brains during sleep, especially during the rapid eye movement (REM) phase when most dreams go down.</p><p>Norman and Tegan talk through the purpose of dreams, how time warps as we snooze and whether there are any downsides to these nightly hallucinations.</p><p>References:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.sleepfoundation.org/dreams" target="_blank">Dreams: Why They Happen &amp; What They Mean – Sleep Foundation</a> </li><li><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3893623/" target="_blank">Time for actions in lucid dreams: effects of task modality, length, and complexity</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.2147/NSS.S342137" target="_blank">High Dream Recall Frequency is Associated with Increased Creativity and Default Mode Network Connectivity</a></li><li><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/11/1528" targ...