What dreams are made of: Scientists mine sleep’s mysteries
What dreams are made of: Scientists mine sleep’s mysteries
- February 8, 2025
- Sara Mednick, cognitive sciences, The Washington Post, MSN, Feb. 8, 2025
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Sara Mednick, a cognitive scientist at the University of California, Irvine, said she views dreams as a “safe space where we can bring up potentially emotionally charged experiences,” and then play out the possibilities. … In her research, Mednick has found that, for people who have experienced a negative emotional event, dreaming about it can help tamp down the attached emotions.
For the full story, please visit https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2025/02/08/dreams-sleep-brain-cognition-anxiety/.
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