Scientific interpretation of the stolen dream space ": read the dream future or to achieve

The movie "Pirates of the dream space"

Åœ — äº¬æ — ¶é — ' September 7, message, according to the United Kingdom New Scientist "magazine reported that the 2010 year concern Hollywood blockbusters the stolen dream space" is popular.

In the movie, as industrial espionage of dome-Cobb (Leonardo di Caprio-playing) or bit stolen dreams experts, at the time of unsuspecting victims (i.e. the dream time) steal secrets. Cobb has a rather rare skills, i.e. the "stolen dreams". He can be a victim in sleep state when the brain implants a consciousness, watching the consciousness slowly developed and rooted in reality. Cobb said: "the most adaptable of parasites is consciousness. ”

The stolen dreams of space is a plot complex science fiction thriller, drama movies from 007 series, and the matrix ".

The stolen dream space "in the many plots have been new scientist" magazine reported that the following is a summary of the magazine about the stolen dreams of space on the science behind and we need to know about dreams and the subconscious knowledge.

1. read the dream future or to achieve

In the space of the stolen dreams, stolen dreams experts using a drug called somnacin and a machine, a consciousness uploaded to someone's dreamland.

Then, a few stolen dreams experts themselves will sleep through the machine enters the destination of dreams. This fictional Pirates of the dream machine is called "portable automatic Somnacin intravenous device" (hereinafter referred to as PASIV).

In fact, you can efficiently read someone else's brain devices already exist.

For example, functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners, you can capture photos of brain activity, and then reproduce through software volunteers are seen in the image. Researchers said that one day, the fMRI scanner might be a record of the dream, while at the same time does not exist like movie sharing dreams in trouble or danger.

Use of such drugs, somnacin into someone else's dream is impossible, but some drugs can indeed significantly adjust our sleep, such as modafinil (modafinal), this drug may make the person remains awake state, there are some new sleeping pills will let people into "Super sleep."

2. How can we control our own dreams?

If you want to experience lucid dream (lucid dream), the simplest way is when you feel sleepy, recurrent training yourself to ask such a question: "am I dreaming?" some people addicted to video games are particularly good at this kind of lucid dreams, perhaps because of them every few hours to focus on to complete a task.

The stolen dream space "in the stolen dreams experts are highly-trained, equally skilled in this way, this may be they can complete complex tasks (such as dream reading) reasons for most do sober dreams, they are very difficult to do this.

In the stolen dreams of space, some people still dream of armed themselves and prevent other stolen dreams experts invade your dreams.

3. the dream must comply with the laws of physics?

This is a controversial topic, and the stolen dreams of space on two areas to explore: sometimes occur some incredible things, for example, in the person of dreams, Paris is like a big paper folded; but sometimes, some optical illusion becomes "true".

For example, Netherlands artist Mo Ritz-Kenai Rhys-Escher (m.c.escher) creation is not the end of the stairs will appear in the stolen dreams of space, it is like in 3D virtual environments of certain operations.

However, the dream will follow some "real life" of the law.

Writer and producer Jeff-Warren (Jeff Warren) has described his dreams of: there is no sensory input, awareness seems to get unexpected behavior. We can dream launch some informal laws, such as "self realization expectation's law" (what do you expect will happen) and "narrative power law" (in a place to stay for too long, the dream began to fall into conflict). For example, in the stolen dreams of space law, when the real world effect of external intrusion, dreams "into conflict".

4. What is the function of a dream?

Freud think, dream and expressed the desire that we suppressed.

Sometimes the dreams are indeed played a role, but more and more modern research has shown that the dream will also contribute to information processing and memory storage. Whether rapid eye movement sleep (i.e. shallow sleep), or non-rapid eye movement sleep (i.e. deep sleep), we are dreaming. The difference is that in rapid eye movement sleep mode, dream more like in the story, full of emotion and conflict; while in the non-rapid eye movement sleep mode, dreams and usually involves a friendly social interaction. For example, people who have depression, tend to experience more rapid eye movement sleep and not rapid eye movement sleep.

5. the dream of subjective time is how to go by?

In the space of the stolen dreams, the dream than reality to

Much slower, but there is also a so-called "Zoom effect" (scaling effect), that is, if your dream is a dream, time lapse rate will be slower. Therefore, real-life of 5 minutes, the dream is the equivalent of one hour and five minutes of the dream time, and secondary dream of one week.

This time the dream and the reality of virtual description may be regarded as the stolen dreams of space on the finishing touch, however, we marvel at the film's ingenious idea, at this stage, there is no evidence to prove this point.

In fact, researchers in the study of dreams to the sober found some evidence, at least when the dreamer wake up on time when they feel the changes described above exist.

For researchers, a more pressing problem is that when our brain time perception problems, what will happen.

In fact, although the time of the illusion is produced by the brain itself, but as the stolen dream space "in the plot, this illusion equally puzzled scientists.