posted
11/13/10
Sleep — it’s not just for resting your body. Or passing time on airplanes. Or watching the first three quarters of a regular-season NBA game. Turns out sleeping, and more specifically, dreaming, is good for your brain. Researchers are discovering a growing body of information that reveals the many ways in which dreaming helps your brain. Here are five…
http://www.psychologytoday.com/files/u47/zadra_et_al.pdf
2. Life Change Preparedness
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/10/051011065800.htm
3. Self Therapy
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/features/the-health-benefits-of-dreams
4. Creativity and Problem Solving
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8092029.stm
5. Memory Improvement
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/294/5544/1052
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100422153753.htm
COMMENTS
July 28, 2011 11:01 am
Roy Slater
Interesting ideas on sleep. Do you think that cognitive behavioral therapy is involved somehow with sleep? I think that how much we sleep can affect all sorts of things in our lives.