In this chapter I learned that dream theorists propose many explinations for dreaming. These reasons are as follows: to sitisfy our own wishes, to file away memories, to develop and preserve neural pathways, to make sense of neural static, and to reflect cognitive development. Reading this made me try to think of where some of my most memorable dreams would fit in and I think many of them are to satisfy my own wishes and to file away memories... But it also made me wonder why we have bad dreams and where they fit in.
Another thing that I learned was that we go through different stages of sleep throughout the night. The only stage I had ever heard of before was REM sleep, so this fact suprised me. However, I did know that we didn't experience REM sleep all night, so I had often wondered what we did the rest of the time. I was glad to finally find out.
I really agree with the sleep deprivation part. As I read the statistics I felt they also applied to me which makes sense, considering the work load I have this semester. The scariest part of this for me is the thought of all the consequences that can come with sleep deprivation. I am not being effected in these ways yet and I'm not part of the 28% of high school students that falls asleep in class once a week, but I'm afraid I may be getting close.
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