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Negotiating a crisis

All in the Mind

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The Evolution of Dreaming in Spiders

Harvard University researchers found that jumping spiders can dream. David Robson says it raises fascinating questions about the evolution of dreaming and what its purpose might be in these animals. In humans, we think this dream state is really important for memory consolidation and forgetting. Do you have any comments on anything we talked about today? Email us at allinthemind@bbc.co.uk.

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