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09
Animals Dream Just Like We Do
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I think we all knew, or have heard that animals dream. If you’re one of the six million to view the dreaming dog that runs into a wall, then you know that animals dream. After watching the video, I decided to do some research on animals, and find out just exactly what’s happening when they dream. The results are very interesting.
Just in case you haven’t seen the video yet, here’s Bizkit the Sleep Walking Dog…
What you see above, is dream patterns that resemble much of how humans dream. In this article, about an ongoing study at MIT, we learn much about how and what animals are dreaming of. The research could one day help with many mental illnesses that are based around memory (Alzheimer’s disease, amnesia).
In the study at MIT, they tested rats to find out what causes their brains to dream the way they do. They sent the the rats on a circular track, and monitored their brain patterns. Later when the rats slept, the monitored their brain patterns yet again. When the rats entered REM sleep, and began dreaming their brain patterns were exactly the same. So much in fact the researcher believes they’ve discovered a link between thoughts, and motions during the day with what happens in dreams.
Ok, are you bored by science? Here’s another Bizkit video…
One of the big metaphysical arguments, I read about Humans having a “soul” revolve around the argument that because we have thoughts, that are non physical and that they can influences us in a physical way. ie. thinking about something scary can make us sweat. Therefore we must have something in us that is non physical. My questions comes from it seems my dog was having a dream the other day, he was biting and twitching in his sleep. Would these Phylosiphers insist that dogs have souls?