The Mystery of Time in Dreams
Time behaves curiously in dreamland. In dreams, hours pass like minutes, and for people in a dream, events are usually out of order or simultaneous. Manipulation of time in dreams interests scientists and psychologists because it opens up the possibility of how time perceived can be malleable.
Some researchers believe that dreams help the brain work out emotions and memories by folding time into symbolic moments. Then come the lucid dreaming states, where the dreamer realizes that they are dreaming, thus adding another dimension of interest. In such states, a person can feel that he or she is master of time as one night allows him or her to live through days’ worth of events.
