Episode Synopsis "What Happens When You Dream?"

What happens in our brains when we dream? Why is it that we experience dreams when we sleep? There are some questions that many people think about. In this episode, Eileen explains some of the answers. She talks about how brain activity was first discovered in someone who was asleep, how sleeping and dreaming connect, and why it is that we dream in the first place.

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