Is there a purpose for dreams? ... The adaptation of sleep could be explained as the fact that predators come out at night and animals have to be quiet. ... It is different for all people; the higher the metabolic rate, the harder the body's energy-producing system runs and the more rest an animal needs. ... He said that the higher the metabolic rate, the harder the body's energy-producing system runs and the more rest an animal needs, and this includes humans. ... So bats sleep for almost 20 hours a day while grazing animals need two to four. ...

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Dreams are often veiled in mystery and portend future tragedy. ... The most famous quote from The Tempest concerns dreams: " We are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.... And dreams are the very stuff that lives are built upon. ... ROMEO: I dream'd a dream to-night. ... ROMEO: In bed asleep, while they do dream things true. ...

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In this paper I intend to inform you of the symbols that are common in dreams, along with the psychology behind dreaming. ... Children usually have nightmares about being attacked by an animal or some type of monster. ... Based on the Jung's theory of dreams, the dream is a normal, creative expression of the unconscious, rather than Freud's perception of the dream as a disturbed mental activity. ... He viewed the dream as a message. ... The manifest content is the dream images themselves, while the latent content is the meaning of the dream. ...

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Dreams are a window into the mind. ... The Egyptians built temples for dreaming. ... People dream regularly during REM sleep, which means that each night we have many dreams. ... One set of experiments gave convincing evidence that animals in fact do dream. ... The animals fell asleep normally, and when they entered REM sleep their eyes began to twitch, just as expected. ...

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Even my grandfather who usually only likes dead animals in the fridge, liked him somehow. It was a dream of my childhood to have my own dog at some stage, and not only this dream became true, but also a lot of responsibility came with it. ... Self control also comes into my mind when I think about its behaviour towards other animals. ...

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Animals with few natural predators ten to sleep longer (15 hours) as there is no danger. To grazing animals with many predators who only sleep 4 hours This theory doesn't explain why sleep involves a loss of awareness as this places the organism at a greater risk Characteristics Sleep There are two types of sleep: Non-rapid-eye movements sleep (NREM sleep) Rapid-eye movement sleep (REM sleep) NREM One cycle of NREM sleep last for around 70-90 mins and it consists of 4 distinct stages. ... It is during REM sleep that most vivid night dreaming occur. ... Most dreams occur in the REM stag...

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It's about the experiences that shaped us, about our dreams and fantasies, about the people we know, about our hopes for the future. ... This is not because human faces are any more distinctive than the faces of other animals. ...

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