But for others, they wake up to their alarm<\/a> and go about their day without even thinking about what happened during the night. It\u2019s as if their brains were wiped clean when they woke up and they never had a dream at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A 2021 CBS News poll<\/a> found that 11% of people always remember their dreams, 10% never recall a thing, and the other 79% fall somewhere in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to research, people who can remember their dreams have higher activity in their temporoparietal junction<\/a>, an area of the brain involved in understanding others\u2019 thoughts, shifting attention, and taking different perspectives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere\u2019s a region in your brain called the temporoparietal junction<\/a>, which processes information and emotions. This region can also put you in a state of intra-sleep wakefulness, which, in turn, allows your brain to encode and remember dreams better,\u201d Julie Lambert, certified sleep expert, told Healthline<\/em> in a medically reviewed article<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cResearchers also looked at the most common personality traits that are presented in people who can recall their dreams,\u201d Lambert continued. \u201cOverall, such people are prone to daydreaming, creative thinking, and introspection. At the same time, those who are more practical and focused on what is outside themselves tend to have difficulty remembering their dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, if you always recall your dreams, chances are that you are more creative, introspective, and prone to daydreaming. That\u2019s because the temporoparietal junction is associated with the ability to understand other people\u2019s mental states. It also allows us to shift our perspectives from one person or topic to another and pay attention to sudden changes in the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This ability to see things from multiple perspectives, easily engage with the world outside ourselves, and shift mindsets is a hallmark of creative thinking. A person with such abilities is more likely to daydream while out on a walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhy do some people remember their dreams and others do not?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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