Neurosurgeon Breaks Down the Science of Dreaming, The One Dream That Predicts The Future, How to Lucid Dream, and The Incredible Things Your Brain Does As You Die
Dr. Rahul Jandial, a dual-trained neurosurgeon and neuroscientist, dives into the fascinating world of dreams. He reveals how dreams can forecast diseases like Parkinson's and the links between childhood trauma and nightmares. Jandial also discusses lucid dreaming techniques, the brain's behavior before death, and the surprising impacts of sleep paralysis. He explores the profound connections between dreams and creativity, offering insights on enhancing dream recall and managing nightmares. Prepare to see your sleep in a whole new light!
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Dreaming Trains Creativity and Emotion
Dreaming acts as high-intensity training for creativity, imagination, and emotion.
The dreaming brain dampens executive functions to liberate imagination and emotional processing.
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Nightmares Signal Mental Health Risks
Nightmares appear universally in children around ages four to seven, likely linked to mind development.
In adults, recurrent nightmares could signal mental health issues like depression and suicide risk.
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Brain Surgery Activates Nightmares
Awake brain surgery can trigger patients' lifelong nightmares by electrically stimulating specific brain regions.
Nightmares originate from brain activity hubs that disrupt function when stimulated, confirming dreams arise in the brain.
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What Your Sleeping Brain Reveals About Your Waking Life
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This Is Why You Dream delves into the landscape of the subconscious, explaining why humans have retained the ability to dream across millennia. The book, written by dual-trained neuroscientist and neurosurgeon Dr. Rahul Jandial, discusses how dreaming fortifies emotional regulation, processes and stores memories, amplifies creativity, and promotes learning. It also covers how dreams can be used to practice real-life skills through lucid dreaming, rewrite nightmares, and monitor signs of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. The book is praised for its accessible explanation of complex brain science and its potential to transform our understanding and use of dreams in both sleeping and waking lives.
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What if your dreams could predict disease, unlock creativity, reveal hidden trauma—and even be controlled?
Dr. Rahul Jandial, MD, PhD (dual-trained neurosurgeon and neuroscientist, founder of the Jandial Lab at City of Hope Cancer Center in Los Angeles, and bestselling author of This is Why You Dream) takes you inside the wild, cutting-edge world of dream neuroscience and the sleeping brain.
Discover how this top brain surgeon can create a memory of a nightmare during awake brain surgery, what the brain does just before death, and how dream patterns may predict neurological disorders like Parkinson’s disease. Learn why erotic dreams occur, how lucid dreaming can enhance your waking life, what happens during sleep paralysis, and why some people don’t remember their dreams—plus expert sleep tips to improve dream recall.
Dr. Jandial also explores the deep links between trauma and nightmares, depression, and the eerie science of precognitive dreams and near-death experiences (NDEs). From the universal themes of falling and flying dreams to the latest on how AI might already be hacking your dreams, this is everything your brain’s doing while you sleep—and why it matters more than ever.
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