1. I was in a kitchen. I remember it had really bright colors and a lot of sunshine, and I saw a bug on the table, and I heard it say, "Hamburger, hamburger.“ There were two lanes, so it was a normal motorway, apart from the fact that all the cars had no people in them. I'm holding a big glass of milk, and there's a head of lettuce in it. I was walking down this really bizarre hallway, and every time I would open a door, there would just be this blinding light. It's dark outside; kind of raining; very, very scary; ominous. And all the water puddles, if you touch them, you catch on fire.

2. Dreams and Consciousness

3. Question Do you believe that love and hate ‘exist’? (Can you prove it? Can you provide evidence that they exist?) constructs Love and Hate are constructs: a concept requiring a belief in something that cannot be seen or touched, but that seems to exist.

4. What is Consciousness construct Consciousness is also a construct It cannot be measured…

5. Consciousness

6. Consciousness: Consciousness: the organism’s awareness of, or possibility of knowing, what is happening inside or outside self. Consciousness is believed to involve our making a map of where we are in space and then more or less seeing ourselves in this map… All day long we combine millions of brief memory images of ourselves with our current images of the world, and we call this consciousness.

7. Levels of Consciousness We are not necessarily “conscious” of everything we do… Subconscious: Subconscious: consciousness just below our present awareness Unconscious: Unconscious: thoughts or desires of which we have no direct knowledge

8. Consciousness The mind could be divided into three systems: the conscious mind, the subconscious mind, and the unconscious mind. The consciousness mind is you awareness at the present moment. The subconscious mind consists of accessible information. You can become aware of this information once your direct your attention to it. Think of this as memory recall. (You walk down the street to your house without consciously needing to be alert to your surroundings.) The unconscious mind, consisting of the primitive, instinctual wishes as well as the information that we cannot access.

9. The Nature of Sleep and Dreams It may seem that we simply get tired and go to sleep, however, it does not happen like this…

10. Sleep Cycle

11. Sleep Cycles REM sleep REM sleep: Stands for Rapid Eye Movement. A stage of sleep characterized by rapid eye movements, a high level of brain activity, a deep relaxation of the muscles (sleep paralysis). NREM NREM (non-REM) Stands for non-rapid eye movement During the night we actually go in and out of REM sleep multiple times over. Usually on average this will occur somewhere around 4-5 times during a night. REM cycles that we experience towards the beginning of our sleep are a lot shorter and as the night goes on REM sleep cycles become longer and longer. What is REM sleep? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA4n1_U_XlE

12. How much sleep? Most adults need 7-8 hours of sleep. If you do not get enough sleep? It can affect you immune system It can cause you to hallucinate Less energy It can affect your cognitive performance

13. Texting and Sleep 2010 research—the average teen sends more than 100 texts per day Major cause of sleep deprivation in teens Texts awaken you and decrease sleep Playing games on your phone before bed can prevent sleep Study showed that 77.5 % of teens that text/surf the web at night have trouble falling asleep Can cause mood, behaviour, and cognitive problems during the day including ADHA, anxiety, depression.

14. What are Dreams? Dream: Dream: a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=- TsWg0pwbAUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=- TsWg0pwbAU STOP AT 6:20 !!!

15. Why do we dream? Dreams are used to get the brain re-organized after a days work of thinking and dealing with problems. The brain cannot remain inactive, so dreams keep the brain busy. Dreams are designed to help workout unsolved problems from the day. Dreams are a means for us to prepare for the future (nightmares).

16. What are Dreams? This is a terrific documentary on dreams, packed with specifics on the science of sleep. If you've ever wondered about sleepwalking, why we dream, or why sleep is necessary, this is the documentary for you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i539ynXmh-c

17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GGzc3x9WJU Great clip for after the documentary