Brain researcher Professor M. Jouvet of the University of Lyon has found in the cat's brain a section that is like a "starting center" to start dreams. This launch centre can be switched on and off artificially. When it is damaged, the dream periods disappear. And this discovery confirms the idea that dreams are necessary for the body.
We can assume that they have a kind of protection service. After all, when a person sleeps, he gets many signals of irritation both from the external environment (light on, a sense of cold, etc.), and from various organs of the body. All these irritations are included in the stories of dreams and do not disturb sleep, the person continues to sleep. In addition, when sleeping fast, the brain better captures weak signals of abnormalities in the body: these signals can also be reflected in dreams.
Research in recent years has shown that even during slow sleep we have dreams. However, the images of these dreams are not so bright and fantastic. It's like thinking in a dream. It is not without reason that these are the periods when people who fall asleep talk more often than when they sleep more quickly.
How long does it take to sleep? Naturally, there is no single answer for everyone. Everything depends on the specific organism, on the conditions of the environment. One is necessary for a complete recovery of at least 8-9 hours of sleep, the other is enough 6.
We know that Bekhterev, Goethe and Schiller slept five hours a day, and Edison was only 2-3.
Curious statistics are given by researchers on the question, who dreams what? Out of a dozen dreams, an average of six are accompanied by various sounds. Only 5 percent of dreams are related to smell and taste.
Another interesting fact: during sleep, a person's eyes are not only closed, but also "disconnected" ears. The muscle that controls the auditory bones with hammers, anvils, and stirrups when we sleep, is in a relaxed state, and many of the loud noises in the ear are not picked up by the ear.
Sleep in the hand
An anxious and serene, nervous and thoughtless sleep is the source of a special state of mind when we travel through the land of dreams.
The belief that dreams can predict future events lasts for millennia. Already on one it is necessary to look closer to them. How is it possible to see the future in a dream?
And the funny thing is that no one was embarrassed and no one was embarrassed by the fact that different dreamers interpreted the same dream in their own way. And superstition lives on. And he is not going to die. The answer to the question why people believe in dreams is not as simple as it sometimes seems. The fact is that we know a lot of stories, when what is seen in the dreams then really came true.
And the point is not just coincidences. That's what happened once to the American scientist paleontologist Sternberg. One of the museums ordered him to find and send the leaves of ancient plants. Sternberg thought all day long about where to get the necessary leaves, and when he fell asleep, he dreamt that these leaves were at the foot of the mountain, a few kilometers from the city where he lived. Very interested, he went to the mountain in the morning and... really found them.
The man dreamt that he had been bitten by a dog. He clearly felt the pain of the bite. When he woke up, he soon forgot about the "thing" in his sleep. But two weeks later, an ulcer formed at the site of the bite!
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