The 5 things you'll NEVER see in a dream - including your phone

"Despite the average Briton spending more than three hours a day on their phones, people simply never dream about their devices. In fact, scientists say there are five things that you will never see in a dream. Besides smartphones, dream researchers say that our sleeping minds either can't or won't recreate common details of the waking world. That means words, numbers, smells and tastes, and even our own reflections, almost never show up in dreams."

"It's a well-known fact that the content of our dreams tends to reflect the details of our waking lives. Yet despite how long we tend to spend using phones and other electronic devices, studies show that they almost never appear in dreams. Analysis of 16,000 reported dreams shows that phones only appear in about 3.55 per cent of women's dreams and 2.69 per cent of men's dreams."

Dreams can produce fantastical scenarios but commonly omit certain elements of waking experience. Phones rarely appear despite heavy daily use; analysis of 16,000 reported dreams found phones in about 3.55% of women's dreams and 2.69% of men's dreams, compared with cars appearing in around nine percent. Sleeping minds either cannot or do not recreate words, numbers, smells, tastes, and reflections. Dream cognition operates in a more fluid, emotional, and associative manner, with reduced capacity for short-term focus and concentration required for reading, counting, and operating devices. The threat-simulation function may prioritize rehearsing real-world dangers over precise sensory or symbolic details.

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