Religious and Cultural Similarities of Modern and Sakoku Period Japan

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Kimberly G. Lucerna February 20, 2012
English 12- R50 Mr. Carlo Rivera
English Research Paper The Science of Dreams Dreams are successions of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep (“What are Dreams?”). The content and purpose of dreams are not definitively understood, though they have been a topic of scientific speculation, philosophical and religious interest throughout recorded history. Some people say that dreams can be used to prophesize the future ("The mystics of dreams”). Famed psychologist Carl Jung believed that the unconscious communicates with the conscious mind through dream imagery ("Dream Quotes"). While Sigmund Freud, a famous psychoanalyst, stated that dreams are a person’s fulfillment of his or her wishes through images ("Interpretation of dreams, Sigmund Freud"). But, in reality, what exactly are dreams? Where did they come from? How and why do they exist? And what are the factors that affect them?
Actually, dreams are only the product of the rapid eye movement (REM) phase of sleep ("Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep"). And this phase of sleep because the brain needs to supply much-needed oxygen to the cornea of the eye ("The biology of dreaming"). And that the reason why dream content often seems disoriented or bizarre is because the activated brain-mind does its best to attribute meaning to the internally generated signals of the brain (Hobson). Also, physical factors like fever and narcolepsy (Angier) and mental factors like depression and stress (Oak) actually affect the orientation of dreams. This paper will discuss all about what it is to know about the origin and definition of dreams, its formation, its reasons, as well as the factors that affect dreams using scientific terms and concepts.
Dreams have been seen as a connection to the unconscious (“What are Dreams?”). The scientific study of dreams is called

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