-----Original Message----- From: Michele Riccio [mailto:mr1 at rcosta.com] Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 3:08 PM To: Dragaera List Subject: Re: Dragaeran dreams On 8 Nov 2004 at 12:02, Joy Jennifer Nicholson wrote > > Did you actually dream that you were reading a book? I've never > found someone else who did that. > >I was told or read somewhere that it was not possible to read in >dreams (I think because the portion of the brain responsible for >reading is off-line during the REM state - I could be wrong). >However, shortly after I heard this, I began having dreams in which >I could pick up a book and read it. >Which may speak more to my stubbornness than my actual ability >to read while asleep. I've heard the same thing and I think it's a crock. I've read in dreams, usually a sign or in the many numerous places you encounter text outside of a book, though there are select occasions where I've read from a book, or a letter or things like that. What we think we know about the brain compared to what we don't know about it is startling. If there is truth to the idea that you can't (or shouldn't be able to read) while dreaming it certainly isn't a bold and sweeping fact, it could be that *most* or *some* people can't for some such reason or another. Then again I'm not authoritative in any way on the subject.