Research Suggests That We Typically Forget Our Dreams Upon Waking

question 55

Multiple Choice

Research suggests that we typically forget our dreams upon waking because:

• A) dreams often arouse anxiety that could intrude into our daily life.
• B) they are based on random neural activity forming disjointed images with no meaning.
• C) they often are sexual or violent in nature and our conscious mind represses them.
• D) cortical neurons that control the initial storage of new memories are turned off during sleep.

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