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Aaron Roberts Instructor: Malcolm Campbell English 1102 January 19th, 201 Sleep and Dreaming

Intro!uction
"he topics that interest me are sleep an! !reams# A !ream is a series o$ thoughts running through someone%s min! !uring sleep# &hat interests me about !reams is ho' they 'or(, an! 'hy they e)ist as 'ell as 'hat they mean# *eople ha+e some pretty 'eir! !reams sometimes, an! I 'oul! li(e to (no' 'hat !ictates 'hat the !ream is going to be I personally rarely remember my !reams, 'hich pre+ent me $rom getting to thin( about i$ my past !reams ha! any certain meaning o$ some sort# "his !ri+es me to 'ant to hear about other people%s !reams an! see i$ there is a connection 'ith the unconscious# A!!ing to the alrea!y comple) !reams, there are luci! !reams# ,uci! !reaming is a phenomenon 'here one is a'are that they are !reaming, an! can e+en control their o'n !reams# "he 'hole process is $ascinating because as you are !reaming, you%re bo!y paraly-es itsel$ to pre+ent you $rom getting up an! in.uring yoursel$# /tage 0i+e or the 1REM2 /tage is the part o$ the sleep cycle 'here most o$ the !reaming occurs# REM or rapi! eye mo+ement occurs 'hen you are !reaming an! your bo!y has paraly-e! itsel$# "his is only part o$ one o$ the $i+e stages your bo!y goes through in a sleep cycle# I 'oul! li(e to in+estigate an! learn more about the 'hole stage o$ sleep that !reaming is in an! compare it to the other $our stages that are in this cycle#

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/leep is something e+ery human being nee!s in or!er to sur+i+e# 3uring sleep there are $i+e stages o$ the sleep cycle 'here !i$$erent things are happening to the bo!y# I 'oul! li(e to $urther un!erstan! ho' sleep a$$ects the bo!y, inclu!ing not getting enough sleep, an! the normal amount o$ sleep# /leep comes 'ith its share o$ !isor!ers that can be associate! 'ith it# Insomnia is a common sleep !isor!er that ma(es $alling an! staying asleep !i$$icult# /leep apnea is another common !isor!er that can be +ery serious# /leep apnea occurs 'hen ones breathing is interrupte! an! irregular# 4arcolepsy is a !isor!er that !isrupts the control o$ sleep an! 'a(e$ulness#

In5uiry 6uestions
&hat happens 'hen you !ream7 &hat is the signi$icance o$ !reams8'hat !o they mean7 9o' !oes the sleep stage 'or(7 &hat are the stages o$ sleep an! 'hat !o they !o7 9o' !o !reams 'or(7 &hy !o 'e !ream7 &hat is luci! !reaming an! ho' !oes it 'or(7 &hat is the signi$icance o$ sleep7 &hat is so ba! about sleep !isor!ers7 &hat are the si!e e$$ects o$ sleep !isor!ers7

Research
"o obtain in$ormation on this topic, I coul! re$er to my psychology te)tboo( to use in$ormation in the chapters concerning sleep an! !reaming because /igmun! 0reu! ha! some interesting theories on !reams# I 'oul! !o a goo! amount o$ research online# I can inter+ie' some $rien!s an! hear about their !reams they ha+e an! 'hat they mean# :$ the many online resources, I 'ill probably research on &i(ipe!ia, psychology 'ebsites, etc# Maga-ine articles 'oul! be a goo! place to loo( $or any research recently con!ucte! on !reaming an! sleeping#

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0or e)ample <<C 4e's ha! an article recently about ho' sleep cleans the brain o$ to)ins# I 'ill also so con!uct research on the sleep $oun!ations 'ebsite#

&hy I%m Intereste!

I too( a psychology class !uring high school an! thought that sleep an! !reaming 'ere so $ascinating# "he 'ay your brain 'or(s to paraly-e yoursel$ 'hile you !ream to pre+ent you $rom hurting yoursel$ .ust seems so cool# I also e)press an interest in !reams because I personally seem to ne+er remember any o$ my !reams un$ortunately so it%s al'ays cool to learn more about !reaming# "he !i$$erent stages your bo!y goes through 'hile you sleep is also interesting# <asically I 'oul! li(e to gain a !eeper un!erstan!ing o$ sleep an! !reaming#

4e)t /teps
I 'ill continue to research about my topic online# :nline I 'ill loo( $or articles about research on sleep an! !reaming# I 'ill ha+e to chec( an! see i$ 4ational =eographic has any goo! articles on sleep# I thin( &i(ipe!ia 'ill be help$ul or researching about sleep as 'ell# I 'ill loo( up general in$ormation about sleeping an! !reaming on the Internet too# I 'ill inter+ie' some o$ my $rien!s to hear 'hat some o$ their !reams are li(e# I also nee! to loo( aroun! in my psychology te)tboo( $or some use$ul in$ormation about both sleeping an! !reaming# I coul! e+en contact my *sychology *ro$essor an! inter+ie' him about sleep# As $ar as !isor!ers go, I coul! research online about people personal e)periences, as 'ell as ho' they !eal 'ith their !isor!ers#

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