DrmDoc Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Here is a recent DNews video that tries to answer that question. Perhaps new to the uninitiated, the video discuses established evidence some researchers have found supporting their conclusions in addition to an established MIT study where researchers were able to map the neural patterns of dreaming rats associated with their maze running patterns. Essentially, researchers were able to decipher aspects of the sleeping rats dream content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A trickle of science Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 This is a very interesting subject, most studies do show that when asleep we learn most of our abilities, plus many more. However, what would be more interesting would what they are actually dreaming about, plus does this also mean that animals think via visual and auditory the same as humans, obviously without the language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrmDoc Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 This is a very interesting subject, most studies do show that when asleep we learn most of our abilities, plus many more. However, what would be more interesting would what they are actually dreaming about, plus does this also mean that animals think via visual and auditory the same as humans, obviously without the language. I think there was always an easy, empirical way to prove other animals dream as we do and that has to do with the evolution of eye movement. As many of us know, rapid-eye-movement (REM) in sleep is an indicator of the onset of dreaming in humans and it is the only active muscle directed movement among our voluntary/involuntary muscle motor controls that occurs amid the dreaming phrase of sleep. Prior to the onset of normal REM sleep, our gross musculature experiences atonia, which is that inelasticity state of our muscle posture where movement appears disabled. Essentially, eye movement (voluntary and involuntary) evolved concurrent with those neural elements associated with the perception of visual stimuli and after those associated with gross locomotion. When our brain becomes active in sleep, eye movement is an outward indicator that our brain's visual circuitry is active and stimulated. When other animals experience similar eye movement amid sleep, this suggests that these animals are also experiencing visual stimuli attributable to the dreaming state of brain activation of the kind humans experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongoloidz Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 If those animals can remote view and lucid dream maybe we all really do have sheep jumping over us constantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider5678 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 I could have answered this by looking at my dog. She whimpers, barks, moans, moves, cries, drools, snores, and pants, all in her sleep. I always wondered what she was dreaming about..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrmDoc Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 I could have answered this by looking at my dog. She whimpers, barks, moans, moves, cries, drools, snores, and pants, all in her sleep. I always wondered what she was dreaming about..... In my sleep, I've been known to whimper, bark, moan, pant...I think those dreams had something to do with squirrels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider5678 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 In my sleep, I've been known to whimper, bark, moan, pant...I think those dreams had something to do with squirrels She sure does LOVE squirrels. Especially when I go chasing her through town in my PJs because she really wanted to say hi to one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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