Dreams May Reflect More Than Past Experiences, New Study Finds

Dreams May Reflect More Than Past Experiences, New Study Finds

Dreams can seem to occur at random, from everyday scenarios to unpredictable, surreal experiences. Now, a new study shows that our personal traits as well as real-life events and experiences actually shape what we dream about, creating patterns in our subconscious. The study, published in Communications Psychology, analyzed thousands of dream and waking experience reports collected over four years. The researchers used natural language processin…