Coming soon: dreaming in HD

Not everyone dreams in color

A full 12% of sighted people dream exclusively in black and white. The remaining number dream in full color. Studies from 1915 through to the 1950s maintained that the majority of dreams were in black and white, but these results began to change in the 1960s. Today only 4.4% of the dreams of under-25 year-olds are in black and white. Recent research has suggested that those changing results may be linked to introduction of color media (ex. black-and-white TV upgraded to color TV).

How soon we forget

Within 5 minutes of waking, half of your dreams are forgotten. Within 10 minutes, 90% are gone.

Oh, I know you

Our mind is not inventing faces. In our dreams, we see real faces of real people that we have seen during our life - but may not know or remember. We have all seen hundreds of thousands of faces throughout our lives, so we have an endless supply of characters for our brain to utilize during our dreams.

Can't move

During rapid eye movement sleep, the body is paralyzed by a mechanism in the brain in order to prevent the movements which occur in the dream from causing the physical body to move.

(Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is a normal stage of sleep characterized by rapid movements of the eyes. REM sleep in adult humans typically occupies 20-25% of total sleep, about 90-120 minutes of a night’s sleep.)

Sweet dreams.

Sources: http://www.boredpanda.com/15-interesting-facts-about-dreams-dreaming/ and http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/human-biology/dream4.htm

Posted by Jeff Rae on Oct 25, 2011 at 5:21 AM