History of Dreams By vball96 Nov 24, 1619 Descartes discovers that our dreams are so real that our senses may be illusory Nov 24, 1729 Discovered Circadian Rhythm in plants Nov 24, 1880 Frederick van Eden coins the term "lucid dreaming" Nov 24, 1899 Freud states dreams represent repressed memories, fears, and desires Nov 24, 1917 Jung says dreams are spiritual expression of the unconcious mind Nov 24, 1924 First human EEG Nov 24, 1953 Link REM sleep and dreaming Nov 24, 1957 Describe repeating cycle of sleep Nov 24, 1964 Set world record for tsleep deprivation and no stimulants as 11 days Nov 24, 1968 Lucid dreaming accounted as a unique state of consciousness Nov 24, 1975 Proves existence of lucid dreaming through eye movements Nov 24, 1976 Dreams are random frings in the brainstem Nov 24, 1978 Expirement validates conscious dreaming Nov 24, 1989 Total sleep deprivation results in the death a rat between 2-3 weeks Nov 24, 2003 Published book about sleeps effects on learning and memory Nov 24, 2009 Neurological Labrator shows lucid dreams generating highly active GAMMA rays Nov 24, 2011 Scientists at the Max Planck Institute use MRI to record in-dream action of lucid dreamers.
