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REM Sleep and Theories on the Purpose of Dream

What can we learn from our dreams? Do they really have any meaning at all, or are they just something made up in our imaginations as we sleep at night? Do you have the kind of dreams that leave you scratching your head wondering what exactly was that? Sure you have, we all have had those mysterious dreams that we can't figure out. There are many theories out there about why we dream and for what purpose we have these dreams. We know that these dreams occur during a state of sleep known as REM sleep. What exactly is REM sleep and what are some theories of the purpose of dreams?
REM sleep is a cycle of sleep when brain activity is at its highest point during the night. The letters REM stand for the rapid eye movements that are observed during this cycle of sleep. REM sleep was discovered during the mid 1950's. The discovery was made at the University of Chicago by graduate student Eugene Aserinsky and physiologist Nathaniel Kleitman......

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