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Letter: Dream theory

Published 1 June 2011

From Julien Glazer

Regarding the interview with dream researcher J. Allan Hobson (23 April, p 48), I like to think of brain activity while asleep as akin to a computer defragmenting its hard drive. Dreams are just some of this information transfer rising to the conscious level as memories are relocated to more appropriate locations.

Nerja, Malaga, Spain

Issue no. 2815 published 4 June 2011

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