Why are we having crazy dreams?

During these unprecedented times, many people have reported having strange dreams - and others just more dreams! What is causing this shift in our dreaming patterns? In this episode, we talk about our limited understanding of dreams & sleep, and we discuss why experts believe this change is happening.

Sources:

Dream Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B8S75CN

Dr. Barrett’s website: http://www.deirdrebarrett.com/

Sleep & Coronavirus:

http://science.unctv.org/content/blog/dreams

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/04/coronavirus-pandemic-is-giving-people-vivid-unusual-dreams-here-is-why/

https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2020-04-07/coronavirus-quarantine-dreams (Interview with HMS sleep researcher)

Sleep cycles: https://www.sleep.org/articles/what-happens-during-sleep/

Italian earthquake: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0055936