When I was studying in high school for exams, I would always struggle to remember certain topics but could always recollect the easy things like photosynthesis. After a period of getting a below average grade my older brother introduced me to the Feynman technique along with a few other techniques to help me study to …
In the last post we talked about how dreams exist and why we have them This time around I will be writing about the dark side of dreaming… nightmares So, you might be wondering: why do we have bad dreams? As we discussed last time dreams occur during rapid eye movement (REM) this is when …
What do we know about dreams? We know that when you are awake your conscious brain is in control, almost like you have two literal brains in your head. Because as you fall asleep, your processes your conscious processes are handed off to your unconscious processes and that’s why you tend to twitch as you …
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