swarning devices of serious physical illness to come. Some scientists suggest that thedreams that we have during REM sleep are used to keep the brain from falling into apermanent unconsciousness or even death. They also suggest that during sleep the brain isin a coma like state and REM dreams keep it activated and keep it from going into acomplete state of a coma. What we dream about is controlled partly by what sex we are. Men are morelikely to have dreams about outdoors kind of things and unfamiliar settings and alsophysical activity. Men are not as observant and do not remember things like color andclothing. Men also dream of other men more than women.Women are very observant about their dreams and remember things like facialexpressions, colors, and clothing. When aggressive is present it is usually more verbalthan physical. Women's dreams usually take place in area that is familiar to them and isusually inside. Women also dream of men and women about the same percent of the time. Pregnant women's dreams contain a great number of references to animals, water,buildings, and their mothers(guiley). Women in their second trimester are likely to dreamof amphibians like frogs and turtles.The sex difference is also evident in childrens dreams. Boys tend to show moreanger in their dreams than girls do. Girls show more fear and positive emotions. Thedream where fear is present is very common among children in general. Fear of animals ispresent in both boys and girls, although boys have more fear of animals. Girls dream moreabout mammals and boys tend to dream more of things other than mammals. Older people often have dreams about lost resources for coping with problems anda vague sense of apprehension and confusion. Often if there is a solution to the dreamproblem, it involves receiving food or soothing physical comfort.It is very difficult to tell if animals dream. However in a experiment, a monkeywas trained to press a le...
