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What do animals dream about?

Inquiring Minds

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How Established Is the Neuroscience of Dreams in Humans?

Mike: How established is the neuro science of dreams in humans, and or how much of what you're writing about in the book is coming from extrapolations on to other animals. Mike: I think one of the mistakes that a lot of, even nero scientists, have made is assuming that if we see brain activity when a person is asleep, that that's very much what it looks like when we are awake. So let's talk a little bit about these two pillars. And i believe that human exceptionalism still shapes the view of this world today.

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