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Do weird dreams help train us for the unexpected?
The mystery of why we dream has been deliberated for decades. Catherine Loveday, professor of cognitive neuroscience at the University of Westminster, explores a new theory called the ‘overfitted brain hypothesis’. Unlike previous theories, it may help explain the bizarre content of our dreams.
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