Some mornings, you wake up and the dream is right there. Clear and vivid. You might still feel the emotion in your chest, and it can take a few minutes to remember where you are and what was real.

In today's The Daily Why, a new series from India Today Science, we try to understand the mechanism that triggers dreams, and the one that makes us forget them.

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Ever woken up with the remnants of a vivid dream still playing in your mind, leaving you pondering its meaning? Dreams have fascinated humanity for millennia, serving as a wellspring of wonder, fear, ...

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Neurologists explain when you should pay careful attention to any unusual dreams.

Emotions are one of the most frequently studied dream content variables, primarily because they are strongly present in most dream reports. We know quite a lot about negatively toned dreams mainly ...