The Evolution of Animal Dreaming

The final argument for animal dreaming comes from looking at the neuroanalytical studies. The actual anatomy of animal brains and the most prominent study involves cats. A French neuroscientist named Michel Jove had this idea that there must be a reason why when we dream, we don't physically act out our dreams. And so he essentially did that with cats. He intervened surgically into their brains and removed the part of the brain that brings about that state of atonia. What he found was nothing less than revolutionary in its time. It is indeed a paradox because the body seems to be inactive, yet the mind is fully active. If our muscles weren't paralyzed, we too would probably act out