DECRYPTION – How to explain that our memory keeps track of our dream activity during sleep?
The dream is life! We all know it, every night, and several times in a row, we dream… even if we are far from remembering everything. “On average, in the general population, people report remembering one dream per week; but some can remember their dreams every morning when others don’t remember any! », observes Pr Isabelle Arnulf, neurologist at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital in Paris.
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Why these variations in the memory of our dream activity? “Several factors have been correlated with a higher frequency of dream recall: age, sex, personality, what one experienced while awake or even the quality of sleep”, details the specialist. Thus, we would remember our dreams more when we are young and when we are a woman. Question of personality, those who remember their dreams would be more open and more creative than those who never remember them, who would have…
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