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Practice Reading: Multiple Choice, Single Answer ID: #4383 Dreams
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Though the body may seem inactive during sleep, the brain, most definitely, is not. One of the main functions of the brain during sleep is to dream—an experience that often seems to resemble waking life but which can later be distinguished as fantasy. Dreaming performs a healing role by helping to resolve real-life's emotionally upsetting incidents. Due to the absence of the stress-triggering molecule noradrenaline in REM sleep, distressing memories can be re-enacted in dreams with less anxiety. Furthermore, dreaming can enhance creative problem-solving skills. During REM sleep memories can be merged in abstract ways, and assimilated knowledge can be used to create solutions to previously unresolvable problems.

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