The Science of Dreaming

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Published on September 23, 2012 12:00:00 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB7HqZc2p2Y

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Dreaming is one of the weirdest things we do & in this SciShow infusion Hank talks about how science is helping us understand why we dream, what our brains are up to when they're doing it, and why dreaming may be critically important to the function of our waking brain. He also touches on the fascinating subject of lucid dreaming. Try to stay awake!

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ReferencesDreams help us solve puzzles (http://www.saramednick.com/htmls/pdfs...) (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14...)
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Lucid Dreaming
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