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Are Dreams Merely Exercise For The Brain?
A new paper "argues that the main function of rapid-eye-movement sleep, or REM, when most dreaming occurs, is physiological. The brain is warming its circuits, anticipating the sights and sounds and emotions of waking." The New York Times 11/10/09
Posted November 9, 2009 08:13 PM





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