Sleep and Dreams

3 . Jung 's theory of dream interpretation suggests that dreams are important gateways into the personal subconscious . He believed that dreams are an expression of the mind through archetypes that dreams are a direct message from the subconscious . Jung also analyzed symbols of dreams . This led to the notion of archetypes . This is a symbol that everyone shares . An example would be the bogeyman . Everyone shares fears of the bogeyman , however , the bogeyman can have different meanings to others . What the bogeyman stands for depends on personal psychology

4 . A . The restorative

theory of NREM sleep suggests that it is important to restore physiological functions that keep the mind and body working properly . During this stage of sleep , the body restores the strength that was lost during the waking hours . This stage is what leaves one feeling refreshed when awoken

B . Crick and Mitchison 's "clean up " theory of REM sleep suggests that neural networks in memory must have a way of getting rid of "erroneous connections " This means that REM sleep is a way to erase information taken in during the waking hours that are not needed . REM sleep is supposed to refresh the mind

C . The information consolidation theory suggests that people sleep in to process the information gained throughout the day . The theory also insists that sleep allows the brain to prepare for the day to come Sleep helps to put memories and information into long-term memory

6 . Several experiments suggest that dreams happen in real-time...