New research seeks to determine what dreams mean

Science is on the road to helping you understand all those cryptic dreams that you've had.

In a new study recently published in "Science," researchers at Brown University were able to describe the images dreamers saw by reading MRI scans of their brain activity.

Though this work is still in the earliest stages, it could lead the way to better understanding of not just what we dream about, but also why we dream at all.

Masako Tamaki, a research associate in Brown University’s Department of Cognitive, Linguistic & Psychological Sciences who is a part of the study, says the dreamers were monitored via MRI, and then awoken shortly after the dream ends and...

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Do you ever wonder what your dreams mean? Scientists are conducting research in an effort to answer that question. However, one of the researchers says they are far from understanding the purpose of dreams.