Dreams and dreaming
Dreams and dreamingDreams and Dreaming
“ To write something and leave it behing us,
It is but a dream
When we awake we know
There is not even anyone to read it” Zen Master Ikkyu
WE dream during a state of sleep called REM sleep. It is known that theta rythems sent from the
hippocampus, which determine if something is of essential value to the brain, are presesnt during REM sleep. Which
supports the idea that dreaming is connected to learning and that dreams are very important to the growing process.
Sleep is set in cycles, each containing four stages
STAGE 1: Light sleep begins- thata waves
STAGE 2: Light sleep continues- spindles and K complexes
STAGE 3: The onset of deep sleep- K complexes and delta
STAGE 4: Very deep sleep- delta waves
The first cycle is roughly 90 minutes. The brain decends through all four stages, and then acends back
through them, but on the way up REM sleep is experienced at stage 1. This REM period lasts about 10 minutesAfter
the first cycle the delta sleep may no occur at all. the brain will cycle through stage 1 and 2. As the night goes on the
proportion of REM to NON- REM increase, so by the...
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