I decided to do my reaction paper on the meaning of dreams for it interested me as to why people dream and recall dreams after awakening. I read that dreams have been characterized as meaningless, the result of random nerve cell activity. If a dream is remembered at all, it is most often the one that occurred in the last phase of REM sleep. The article suggested that dreaming consists of association and memories elicited …showed first 75 words of 938 total…

…showed last 75 words of 938 total…conclusion, I enjoyed reading the article about dreams and wish to explore it further. I want to gain an appreciation for dreams and understand what they really mean to hopefully open my mind to become a better understanding person. The majority of the writing in the article was beyond my comprehension level for the article was written in great scientific and biological terminology. I'd appreciate the basics about dream analysis without all the scientific terminology.