RE: Sensory and sensibility

From: Lawrence DeBivort (debivort@umd5.umd.edu)
Date: Sun Jan 20 2002 - 13:51:24 GMT

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From: "Lawrence DeBivort" <debivort@umd5.umd.edu>
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Subject: RE: Sensory and sensibility
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    Joe Dees:
    > Dreaming seems to happen when the brain is sifting through the
    > day's experience, saving part in longer term memory and deleting the rest.

    I read a report some time ago that suggested that dreaming had as one
    function 'emptying the garbage' of neural connections or thoughts that were
    not useful or valid. Does this make any sense?

    Lawrence

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