Summary

Applying psychology in the 21^st century

Summary

These days there are many studies being conducted by different psychologists or researchers to find out more about dreams and dreaming.

Researcher Robert Stickgold conducted a study about the content of dreams. Stickgold tried to understand how our wakening experience may be connected to the content of dreams. Study showed that people who were playing Tetris before going to sleep were very likely to dream falling Tetris objects. What I more, even people with psychological disorders and inabilities to recall their daily activities were dreaming Tetris objects.

Moreover, according to Daniel Wegner things that person tries not to think about before falling asleep is most likely to appear that nights dream. Furthermore, dream researcher Deirdre Barrett points out that people are able to solve visual problems during dreaming process.

Besides, good night sleep can help to process learned information. This was proven by researchers at the University of Chicago. Students who had a good night sleep after learning could perform better than students who had no sleep.

All in all, it is scientifically proven that sleep is very important part of everyone’s life, it reflects daily activities, can help process learned information and even solve visual problems.