Dreams: Vivid Yet Forgotten

Your brain literally sabotages your dream memories on purpose. During REM sleep, your brain is firing

on all cylinders, creating these vivid, sometimes bizarre narratives that feel completely

real. The visual cortex lights up, emotions run wild, and your mind weaves

intricate stories. But here's the wild part. At the exact same time your brain

is busy crafting these cinematic experiences, it's also shutting down the very system

responsible for transferring memories from short term to long term storage. The culprit is a

neurochemical called norepinephrine, which essentially goes offline during REM sleep.

This chemical is crucial for memory consolidation, for taking those fleeting experiences