Why Dreaming May Be Important for Health - A recent study published in the Journal of Neuroscience found that people who spent more time in rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep — the phase when dreaming occurs — had lower fear-related brain activity when they were given mild electric shocks the next day.

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Why Dreaming May Be Important for Health - A recent study published in the Journal of Neuroscience found that people who spent more time in rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep — the phase when dreaming occurs — had lower fear-related brain activity when they were given mild electric shocks the next day.