Why do we dream? - Amy Adkins
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In the 3rd millennium BCE, Mesopotamian kings recorded and interpreted their dreams on wax tablets. In the years since, we haven't paused in our quest to understand why we dream. And while we still don’t have any definitive answers, we have some theories. Amy Adkins reveals the top seven reasons why we might dream.
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nithya vijay
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Has anyone has an experience when you felt that a particular situation is familiar to you through a previous dream?
I have had this interesting experience of certain situations which at a point Seem similar because I've been in it before and that through dreams. I've even discussed this with some friends and realised it's something that they also have experienced. what is this all about?
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Isabella Sharpton-Student
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yes, but with people and like there clothing that they have on. like I see what clothes that they have on the next day form my dream.
vania sofia chacon paredes
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Nope
Olga Aurora Hernandez De La Torre
Olga Aurora Hernandez De La Torre
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No
Olga Pligavka
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many times) I regularly go through this "deja vu" feeling, wondering where it comes from.
There are actually different theories on this phenomenon, but, as usual, scientists cannot completely agree on any of them)
