Why are the dreams you remember are so surreal and irrational?
The electrical activity in the parts of the brain that control emotion shoot through the roof during REM sleep. At the other extreme, the logical part of the brain is as quiet as a churchmouse.
The dreaming stage of sleep is associated with activation of the limbic system (particularly the amygdala, part of the brain that regulates emotion) and the ante…
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