Analysing Personal Dream s through Activation Information Mode Model

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We spend six years of our lives in sleep and many of us do not think about what occurs while asleep. Everyone has experienced more than a few dreams while asleep, that is because, whether you know it or not, everyone dreams while asleep. Based off the Activation Information Mode Model theory, dreams are random neurological firings that have no particular meaning. The reason dreams feel so real and personal is because they are based from recent memories located in the brainstem. Although dreams are meaningless, our brain tries to make connections. Through the Activation Information Mode model people are able to analysis personal dreams.
Dream Theory
In 1977, American psychiatrist and dream researchers, Allan Hobson and Robert McCarley, developed the activation information mode model (AIM). The purpose of this model is to relate the brain to the mind and the conscience. The model shows the differences in neurological activity during Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep and waking. The model uses activation, an input source, and modulation, to map where your dreams derived from. Activation is measured by brain activity, the input source from made from internal and external imagery, and modulation is the neuron firing. People that support the AIM theory believe that dreams are neurological messages that stem from recent memories. The lower brain holds memories with remembered emotions and the upper brain synthesize the recent experiences into dreams. This theory is valid because it uses the brain activity and scientific observations to find what stage of sleep you are in and where your dreams originated.
The reason I agree with the AIM dream theory is because it uses facts and observations to make a logical reason as to why dreams occur an...

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... to die. At school in student council I am planning a talent show and I was stressed out it before I went to sleep. Scyan is my best friend, and we facetimed three hours before I went to bed so its no surprise that she ended I my dream.
Conclusion
All of dreams have all been composed of recent memories and experiences I had during the past days. Although dreams may seem like they are important and personal to us it only seems that way because they are composed of recent memories and emotions felt. Other than that, dreams are meaningless. The AIM model is a way to relate dreams in REM to when we are conscience. From doing this analysis I learned that although we may want dreams to mean something they are just neurological firings that stem from recent experiences. This model is a good way to determine how your brain makes connections between wakefulness and sleep.

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