U.S. researchers say they intend to record and interpret dreams electronically.
Writing in the journal Nature experts in California say they have developed a system that can record brain activity in detail.
"We want to be able to read a dream that we experience," says Dr. Moran Cerf, chairman of the research team.
He explained the objectives to be achieved by the researchers not to interfere but to find out how and why humans dream.
For centuries human beings trying to interpret and understand the dream.
The ancient Egyptians understood the dream as a message from God.
Why do we dream?
"There is no clear answer why we dream," said Dr. Cerf.
"And one question we want answered is exactly when we create this dream."
In this study, the scientists mapped the brain cells which are active when the volunteers were asked to think of objects or certain concepts.
For example, when a volunteer was thinking or imagining Marilyn Monroe, there are specialized cells in the brain are activated.
The same applies when the volunteers were asked to think of Bill and Hillary Clinton, the Eiffel Tower, and several celebrities.
The scientists now hope to map the brain waves of sleeping volunteers and associate that data with a dream experienced by the volunteers.
Writing in the journal Nature experts in California say they have developed a system that can record brain activity in detail.
"We want to be able to read a dream that we experience," says Dr. Moran Cerf, chairman of the research team.
He explained the objectives to be achieved by the researchers not to interfere but to find out how and why humans dream.
For centuries human beings trying to interpret and understand the dream.
The ancient Egyptians understood the dream as a message from God.
Why do we dream?
"There is no clear answer why we dream," said Dr. Cerf.
"And one question we want answered is exactly when we create this dream."
In this study, the scientists mapped the brain cells which are active when the volunteers were asked to think of objects or certain concepts.
For example, when a volunteer was thinking or imagining Marilyn Monroe, there are specialized cells in the brain are activated.
The same applies when the volunteers were asked to think of Bill and Hillary Clinton, the Eiffel Tower, and several celebrities.
The scientists now hope to map the brain waves of sleeping volunteers and associate that data with a dream experienced by the volunteers.
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