Articles for tag: Brain and dreaming, psychology of dreams, Science of Dreams, Why we dream

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The Science of Dreams: Why Our Brains Create These Nightly Adventures

Suhail Ahmed

  Every night, as the lights go off and our muscles slacken, the brain stages a private film festival that no one else can see. These dreams can feel so vivid that we wake up sweating, laughing, or suddenly heartbroken, even though nothing has really happened. For centuries, people treated dreams as omens or secret ...

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What Does Your Dream About Flying Really Mean?

Suhail Ahmed

Some nights, the laws of gravity loosen their grip and we lift off – over rooftops, past streetlights, skimming the horizon like a paper plane that finally found its wind. As a science journalist, I still remember jolting awake after banking over my old neighborhood, heart racing and oddly hopeful. Flying dreams feel cinematic, but ...