dream

is a place where we run through situations and try to select the most useful emotional reactions to them. This is why we feel better about a situation after having 'slept on it'.

Basically, dreams are natural selection for ideas. This can extend to the level of emotions, too. One group of researchers suggest that dreams are places where we run through situations and try to select the most useful emotional reactions to them. Psychologist Richard Coutts suggests that this is one way we figure out the best way to react to situations emotionally, and why we often feel better about painful issues the morning after a night of dreams.

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