The Science of Dreams: Why We Dream and What Dreams May Mean

Every night, we enter a world that feels surprisingly real, a place where memories, emotions, imagination, and the sleeping brain come together to create dre…

Every night, we enter a world that feels surprisingly real, a place where memories, emotions, imagination, and the sleeping brain come together to create dreams. While people have wondered about the meaning of dreams for thousands of years, modern science is revealing fascinating insights into why we dream, how dreams are created, and what they may tell us about the remarkable activity of the human brain during sleep.